They had little idea that at the same moment, all over the country, a million other young people were making the same move - back to the land. When Loraine, Craig, Pancake, Hershe, and a dozen of their friends came into possession of 116 acres in Vermont, they had big plans: to grow their own food, build their own shelter, and create an enlightened community.
They were full of dreams, mostly lacking in practical skills, and soon utterly out of money. ( From the publisher.At the dawn of the 1970s, waves of hopeful idealists abandoned the city and headed for the country, convinced that a better life awaited. In Cleopatra, Pulitzer prize-winning biographer Stacy Schiff accomplishes a feat that has eluded artists and writers for centuries: capturing fully the operatic life of an exceptionally seductive and powerful woman, whose death ushered in a new world order. In the 2000 years since, myths about the last Queen of Egypt have been fueled by Shakespeare, Dryden, and Shaw, who put words in her mouth, and by Michelangelo, Delacroix, and Elizabeth Taylor, who put a face to her name. The subject of gossip and legend, veneration and speculation in her lifetime, Cleopatra fascinated the world right up to her death. Antony and Cleopatra's alliance and attempt to forge a new empire spelled both their ends. After Caesar's brutal murder, she began a nine-year affair with Mark Antony, with whom she had three more children.
A lethal political struggle with her brother marked her early adulthood and set the tone for the rest of her life a relationship with Julius Caesar, forged while under siege in her palace, launched her into a deadly mix of romance and strategy a pleasure cruise down the Nile followed, a child, and a trip to Rome, which ended in Cleopatra's flight. Although her life spanned fewer than forty years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world.Īt only 18 years old, Cleopatra was already one of history's most remarkable figures: the Queen of Egypt. Cleopatra, the wealthiest ruler of her time and one of the most powerful women in history, was a canny political strategist, a brilliant manager, a tough negotiator, and the most manipulative of lovers. Her palace shimmered with gold but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue.
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