ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA

Book ID/图书代码： 10010009B34081

English Summary/英文概要： The love affair between Antony and Cleopatra is one of the most famous stories from the ancient world, and has been depicted in countless novels, plays and films. As one of the three men in control of the Roman Empire, Antony was perhaps the most powerful man of his day; while Cleopatra, who had already been Julius Caesar’s lover, was the beautiful queen of Egypt, Rome’s most important province. The clash of cultures, the power politics, and the personal passion have proven irresistable to storytellers. But in the course of this storytelling dozens of myths have grown up. The popular image of Cleopatra in ancient Egyptian costume is a fallacy; she was actually Greek, and far better versed in Roman culture than most storytellers give her credit for. Despite her local dominance in Egypt, her real power came from her ability to forge strong personal allegiances with the most important men in Rome. Likewise, Mark Antony was not the bluff soldier of legend, brought low by his love for an exotic woman - actually he was first and foremost a politician, and never allowed Cleopatra to dictate policy to him. In this history, based exclusively on ancient sources and archaeological evidence, Adrian Goldsworthy gives us the facts behind this famous couple. It may not be the story we expect or even wish for, but it is every bit as fascinating as the myth.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 安东尼与克里奥佩特拉的爱情故事是远古时代最有名的故事之一，不计其数的小说、戏剧、电影都曾拿它作题材。作为罗马帝国三大统治者之一，安东尼是当时最厉害的一个，而克里奥佩特拉，已为凯撒的情人，是罗马最重要的省份埃及的艳后。对作者来说，文化冲突、政治力量以及个人情感已经变得无法控制。然而在叙述故事的同时，许许多多的谜像雾般仍未散开。广为流传的克里奥佩特拉身穿埃及服饰的肖像其实并非是真的。事实上，她是希腊人，比大部分写她的人所赋予她的掌握的罗马文化还要多。尽管她主要掌管埃及，她的实力来源于同罗马最强势的人的忠诚稳步前进。同时，马克安东尼不是简简单单传说中的一个士兵，因对异邦女子的迷恋而每况愈下。事实上，他是第一位了不起的政客，从不让克里奥佩特拉对他发号施令。在以广泛的古代资源及考古证明为基础的这段历史下，艾德里安高兹沃斯给我们呈现了这对夫妇背后的事实。这也许不是我们心目中期待或渴盼的故事，但它的每一部分都如谜一样吸引人。(兼职翻译-XJJ)

Awards/获奖情况：KEYNOTE
The epic story of one of the most famous love affairs in history, by one of the world’s leading ancient historians

要求：
由世界顶级古代历史学家鉴证，这部史诗故事是历史上最出名的爱情故事之一。
’After providing a clear, succinct background to events, Goldsworthy’s tactic is to weave the two stories into a single thread by moving seamlessly back and forth from Rome to Egypt. It works beautifully. His mastery of the sources is commendable, his historical judgement sure-footed and, as ever, he brings a winning lucidity to the description of often quite complex situations - the perfect accompaniment to any, especially Mediterranean, holiday’---Peter Jones, THE TABLET

’Goldsworth is excellent at tracing the often bewildering succession of Ptolemys and Cleopatras as they murder, marry and spawn one another. His talent for narrative is also showcased by the skill with which he handles the twin strands of his biography, coiling the lives of Antony and Cleopatra around one another, until finally they become fused’---Tom Holland, MAIL ON SUNDAY

’Goldsworthy has a more constructive approach to the absence of evidence. He puts Cleopatra back together with Mark Antony, about whom we know more, from a wider range of ancient writing. This gives him a good starting point for some even more ambitious debunking. he is excellent in puncturing the myths of Antony as a great Roman military tactician and an experienced soldier...He is also refreshingly frank about the unimportance of Cleopatra herself’---Mary Beard, FINANCIAL TIMES

’Readers who recognize Goldsworthy as Britain’s most prolific and perhaps finest popular historian of Roman times will find him once again at his best...Unlike many competing authors, Goldsworthy never disguises the scanty evidence for many historical events. Some of his best passages review surviving documents, discuss their biases, draw parallels from his vast knowledge of Roman history, and recount what probably happened...in this thoughtful, deeply satisfying work’---YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS

’Goldsworthy tells this story of this dynasty with huge skill, successfully navigating the narratival rapids posed by the fact that almost every member of it was called Ptolemy, Cleopatra, or Arsinoe...In all, it is an exotic family story of incest, greed and assassination, whose collective impact is to prompt further surprise: that Cleopatra was not only beautiful but obviously smart. Why, after 250 years of sustained in-breeding, she didn’t dribble and have six fingers is completely beyond me Peter Heather---BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE

’He does a splendid job of putting their lives in context and forcefully reminding us of the most salient aspects of their story while dispersing the romantic fog that has clung to them’ Christopher Silvester---DAILY EXPRESS

’Mr Goldsworthy is a rising star on the historical scene’---WASHINGTON TIMES

’Goldsworthy’s strengths as a military historian are on full display’---TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

’Above all Goldsworthy understand military matters’ Anthony Everitt---THE INDEPENDENT

’From the outset he makes the point that Cleopatra and Mark Antony were neither particularly likeable nor particularly successful...Yet together, as this well-written biography shows, the two failures have become more than a sum of their parts. They have been transformed into the world’s most famous lovers’---HISTORY TODAY

About the Author/作者介绍： Adrian Goldsworthy has a doctorate from Oxford University. His first book, The Roman Army at War was recognised by John Keegan, the general Editor of The History of Warfare, as an exceptionally impressive work, original in treatment and impressive in style. He has since written six other books on Roman history, which have been translated into more than a dozen languages.
艾德里安·高兹沃斯获得了牛津大学的博士学位。他的第一本书《战争中的罗马军队》受约翰凯·甘认可。约翰·凯甘是《战争的历史》的主编辑，这本书同样影响深远，在处理上原汁原味，风格上印象深刻。自那以后，他又写了六部关于罗马历史的书籍，每一本都被翻成十多种语言。

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