[Cleopatra's Heir]
Year:
2002
Type:
Public:
Year of publication:
2003
Pages:
448
Moral assessment:
Type: Literature
Nothing inappropriate.
Some morally inappropriate content.
Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals.
Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse those without much Christian formation.
Contains several lurid passages, or presents an ideological framework that is contrary or foreign to Christian values.
Explicitly contradicts Catholic faith or morals, or is directed against the Church and its institutions.
Most historians believe that a son was born of the love affair between Cleopatra and Julius Caesar. This son, Caesarion, was believed to have been executed by Octavius, Caesar’s adopted son. Octavius would have seen Caesarion as a threat to his throne, given who his father was and that his mother was the fabled Cleopatra, last Egyptian queen of the dynasty of Alexander the Great.
Other historians deny his existence entirely, or are sceptical. Undoubtedly the story of Ceasarion’s origin and the fact that he may have survived an assassination attempt by Octavius makes him a fascinating subject for an historical novel. Bradshaw recreates the person of Caesarion in a very attractive and eminently readable novel.
J.P.D. (Spain, 2015)