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Cunning, charming and captivating, the Egyptian Cleopatra was horrifying, yet fascinating to many of Rome’s citizens. Just when she may have thought she was in sight of the Roman throne – the ...

Here, she talks to us about the book’s surprising inspiration, among other things. There is a scene in Cleopatra And Frankenstein, the debut novel from writer Coco Mellors, that is plucked ...