"Cleopatra" by H. Rider Haggard is a historical adventure romance set in ancient Egypt. It follows Cleopatra and Mark Antony through the eyes of an Egyptian priest and patriot of royal blood. It is worth listening to for its vivid portrait of old Egypt and its personal, dramatic take on a famous tragic tale.
I have for a long while hoped to be allowed to dedicate some book of mine to you, and now I bring you this work, because whatever its shortcomings, and whatever judgment may be passed upon it by yourself and others, it is yet the one I should wish you to accept.
I trust that you will receive from my romance of “Cleopatra” some such pleasure as lightened the labour of its building up; and that it may convey to your mind a picture, however imperfect, of the old and mysterious Egypt in whose lost glories you are so deeply interested.
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