Cleopatra, although coming across self-absorbed (in my opinion), is still a brilliant narrator and a keen observer – and manipulator – of the people around her. That being said, if Margaret had gone any deeper into developing the secondary characters, this novel would've become unmanageable in size (as it is, this must've been a momentous task for the editor, whoever they are). The only criticism that I can level at the narration is that we gain a strong impression of Cleopatra, as well as the two men she adored: Julius Caesar and Antony, but the rest remain a bit of a cipher, especially her children. So if history is your thing, and you wish to plunge yourself into a vividly realised setting, look no further. So there's a lot of material, and readers will gain a fascinating glimpse into the time of the Ptolemaic pharaohs. Yes, it is true, she did have herself smuggled, wrapped in a rug to Julius Caesars bedroom, and was pleasantly surprised. Told as a first-person account in a series of 10 scrolls, The Memoirs of Cleopatra follows our queen's doings from a young age, all the way through to when she reaches for that asp. A famous femme fatale tells all in this memoir of her reign as Cleopatra VII, queen of Egypt.
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