| When | Friday 06th June 2025 at 16:00 |
| Where | The Exchange, Sturminster Newton 1 Old Market Hill Sturminster Newton Dorset DT10 1QU |
| Event Type | Talks |
| Price | £10 |
| Booking | Preferred |
| Tickets | |
| Also available at 1855, Market Cross, Sturminster Newton |
International bestselling author Natasha Solomons will discuss her latest book, Cleopatra, with Jenny Devitt. Told from the perspectives of both Cleopatra and Caesar’s mistress Servilia, Cleopatra is a powerful, unmissable new retelling that draws out the real woman behind the great legend. It is a captivating story of female power and vulnerability, of love and loss, fierce friendship and terrible betrayal: it’s time to meet the real Cleopatra.
About Cleopatra
Cleopatra, Egyptian Princess, grows up the favoured daughter of the Pharaoh, hiding amongst the scrolls in the great library of Alexandria with her beloved slave Charmain, longing for the chance one day to write her own story. Then danger stirs when her father dies, willing that Cleopatra rule with her selfish brother Ptolemy. As the young Egyptian Queen sails the Nile to greet her people, he plots to destroy her and take the throne for himself.
But while Ptolemy has the power of Egypt behind him, Cleopatra has her wits. And when the great Caesar arrives from Rome, she realises he could be the key to her salvation – though courting this powerful man could cost her everything. Can Cleopatra save her throne, her beloved Egypt, and her life, and finally write her own history?
Natasha Solomons is the author of seven internationally bestselling novels, including Mr Rosenblum’s List, The Novel in the Viola, which was chosen for the Richard & Judy Book Club, and I, Mona Lisa. Her work has been translated into seventeen languages. She lives in Dorset with her family.
Jenny Devitt is an experienced interviewer, radio presenter and producer, and an award-winning scriptwriter. She began her broadcasting career in the BBC and has since worked on numerous specialist natural history radio and television programmes and publications, both in the UK and in France. Jenny regularly hosts author events at the Yeovil History Festival and produces and presents a bi-monthly factual magazing programme on two Dorset radio stations.