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Book of the Week Peter Stothard - Alexandria: The Last Nights of Cleopatra Episodes

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  1. Episode 5

    5/5 The author recalls seeing Elizabeth Taylor in the 1963 film Cleopatra.

  2. Episode 4

    4/5 A visit to a carpet shop and a history lesson, both ancient and modern.

  3. Episode 3

    3/5 A meal with the author's friends Mahmoud and Socratis takes a bizarre conversational turn.

  4. Episode 2

    2/5 Peter traces his interest in Cleopatra by looking himself up in the Alexandria library.

  5. Episode 1

    1/5 The remarkable story behind the only fragment of parchment to bear Cleopatra's signature.