Cleopatra: The Girl Who Would Be King (Heroes in the Ancient World, #1)
Be swept away in a vibrant new series that reveals thrilling untold chapters of history, from Australia's favourite storyteller
$18.87
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
26 May 2026
Summary
Renowned author and historian Jackie French takes us back in time to Greece and Rome and explores young heroes in ancient myths and legends whose stories will now be told.
Forget what you know about Cleopatra, the Egyptian queen with a fantastic hairstyle. That’s only part of the story. Before she was a ruler, Cleopatra was a girl with a fierce ambition: to become pharaoh.
When twelve-year-old Cleopatra and her father, Pharaoh Ptolemy XII, flee to ancient Rome in 59 BCE after …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781460766545 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1460766547 |
| Author: | Jackie French |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 26 May 2026 |
| Weight: | 288g |
| Dimensions: | 27mm x 130mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Heroes in the Ancient World |
| Audience Age: | 9 |
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Jackie French
Jackie French AM is an award-winning writer, wombat negotiator, the 2014–2015 Australian Children’s Laureate and the 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. In 2016, Jackie became a Member of the Order of Australia for her contribution to children’s literature and her advocacy for youth literacy. She is regarded as one of Australia’s most popular children’s authors and writes across all genres — from picture books, history, fantasy, ecology and sci-fi, to her much-loved historical fiction for a variety of age groups. ‘A book can change a child’s life. A book can change the world’ was the primary philosophy behind Jackie’s two-year term as Laureate.
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