Cleopatra — Volume 02

Georg Moritz EbersProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

3.7

Word count: 72K words
Chapters: 8

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Cleopatra — Volume 02 by Georg EbersAuthor: Ebers, Georg, 1837-1898,Language: English, Class: PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures, Release Date: Apr 1, 2004

Editor's review

This is Volume 02 of Georg Ebers's *Cleopatra*, a public-domain historical novel that continues from Volume 01 into a story of the Egyptian court entangled with Roman power. Ebers was a nineteenth-century German writer of historical fiction known for careful research and richly detailed settings; this volume carries that approach forward, with character relationships and political maneuvering growing tighter. As a free Project Gutenberg eBook, it is easy to search and read across devices, making it a useful sample of nineteenth-century historical-fiction narrative technique and an optional further read for those interested in ancient Egypt. Note that it is a middle volume of a long novel whose plot depends on the previous volume, so it is not suited to being read on its own.

Who it's for

A good fit for

General readers interested in historical fiction set in ancient Egypt
Readers who enjoy the narrative style of nineteenth-century European historical fiction
Learners who need free public-domain English eBooks for reading practice

Not a good fit for

Readers seeking modern scholarly research on Egyptian history
Readers who prefer standalone short works that require no prior context
Readers with low tolerance for the long, translation-style English sentences of nineteenth-century writing

Reading tips

Read Volume 01 first before starting this volume, so the character relationships stay clear.
Keep a map or an ancient Egyptian chronology at hand to help with the geography and political background.
Break the long paragraphs into chapter-sized reading sessions, and briefly review each character's motives after every chapter.

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FAQ

Can this book be read on its own?

Reading it on its own is not recommended. It is Volume 02 of the *Cleopatra* series, and its character relationships and plot follow directly from Volume 01; read alone, it is easy to get confused about prior events and characters' positions, so it is best read in order.

Is this a history book or a novel?

It is a historical novel, not a work of historiography. Ebers uses a historical background as the framework for a literary narrative, and the plot and character dialogue include fictional elements, so it should not be cited as a historical source.

Why does the version information say 2019?

The 2019 here refers to the release or editing information for this electronic version. The original book is a nineteenth-century public-domain work, provided free by Project Gutenberg, and its text falls within the public domain.

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About the author

Georg Moritz Ebers Author · German · 1837–1898

Georg Ebers (1837–1898) was a German Egyptologist and novelist. Born in Berlin in 1837, he served as a professor at the University of Leipzig. His major contribution to Egyptology was the discovery, editing, and publication of the famous Ebers Papyrus, which provided valuable material for the study of ancient medical texts. At the same time, he devoted himself to spreading Egyptological knowledge through literature, writing historical novels such as An Egyptian Princess and Uarda. These works weave the social life and historical settings of ancient Egypt into their narratives, making specialized scholarship more accessible to general readers. His works number 172 in the library's collection, including the serialized volumes of An Egyptian Princess and Cleopatra, which shows how widely his historical novels circulated. Overall, Ebers combined scholarly rigor with a novelist's gift for popular expression, occupying a distinctive place in the popularization of Egyptology in the nineteenth century.