#BookSpotlight: Cleopatra by Natasha Solomon @natashasolomons @ZaffreBooks #Cleopatra #NatashaSolomon

Good evening everyone I hope you’ve had a good day. I was lucky enough to receive a copy of Cleopatra by Natasha Solomon recently.

I was a huge fan of Fair Rosaline and actually chose it as a book club read for the book club I run. I also have a fascination with anything to do with ancient Egypt so this book really appeals to me.

Huge thanks to @manilla_press for sending me a copy of this book. It sounds absolutely fantastic and I can’t wait to read it.

Find out more about the book below.

Out 8th May 2025.

Book Synopsis:

From the international bestselling author comes an unmissable new untelling of the life of one of the most captivating and misrepresented female figures in history.

Cleopatra, Egyptian Princess, grows up the favoured daughter of the Pharoah, hiding amongst the scrolls in the great library of Alexandria with her beloved slave Charmian, longing for the chance one day to write her own story.

Then when her father dies, willing that Cleopatra rule with her selfish brother Ptolemy, danger stirs. 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 life, her throne, her beloved Egypt and finally command her own history?


A powerful, unmissable new retelling, this 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 The Author:

Natasha Solomons is the author of five internationally bestselling novels, including Mr Rosenblum’s List, The Novel in the Viola, which was chosen for the Richard & Judy Book Club, and The Gallery of Vanished Husbands. Natasha lives in Dorset with her son, daughter and her husband, the children’s author, David Solomons with whom she also writes screenplays. Her novels have been translated into 17 languages. When not writing in the studio, Natasha can usually be found in her garden.