Cleopatra
by Saara El-Arifi
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Pub Date 26 Feb 2026 | Archive Date 19 Mar 2026
HarperCollins UK, HarperFiction | The Borough Press
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Description
'Lush world-building and lyrical prose burns brightly on every page… We see Cleopatra's fascinating life as readers have never encountered her before' JENNIFER SAINT
YOU KNOW MY NAME.
BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW ME.
Your historians call me seductress, but I was ever in love's thrall.
Your playwrights speak of witchcraft, but my talents came from the gods themselves.
Your poets sing of my bloodlust, but I was always protecting my children.
How wilfully they refuse to concede that a woman could be powerful, strategic, divinely blessed to rule.
Death will silence me no longer.
This is not the story of how I died. But how I lived.
From one of the most remarkable and acclaimed storytellers of her generation, the #1 bestselling author of FAEBOUND and THE FINAL STRIFE, this epic and groundbreaking new novel shows us Cleopatra on her own terms.
Available Editions
EDITION | Ebook |
ISBN | 9780008697235 |
PRICE | £12.99 (GBP) |
PAGES | 352 |
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Featured Reviews

First, thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins for sending me the e-arc of my Holy Grail.
This book is a wonder! Saara depicted Cleopatra so brilliantly! The way she inserted the pieces of fiction within the facts is seamless, I could not see where the facts started and the fiction ended. She brought such a twist and a life to an already iconic historical figure, I could have read more!!!
I cannot wait for this book to be out and to finally be able to share my love for it with everyone!!