by Stephanie Dray | Dec 16, 2010 | Miscellany
Mark Antony comes to us through history most famously in Shakespeare as the man who fled from the naval battle at Actium to chase after his lover, Cleopatra. Even setting aside the the bard’s famous play, there’s also the historical record which includes several...
by Stephanie Dray | Dec 12, 2010 | Lily of the Nile, Miscellany
It’s pretty great to hold the Advanced Review Copies (ARCs), but there’s nothing, absolutely nothing like holding the book for the first time. I didn’t know I was going to have raised sparkly silver lettering on the front and I’m pretty sure I...
by Stephanie Dray | Dec 9, 2010 | Lily of the Nile, My Works
This is always the nail-biting time for a writer, when review copies are sent out and there’s nothing to do but wait for the reaction. So far, so good: “Dray deftly mixes magic and history in her debut, the first of a projected trilogy set in ancient...
by Stephanie Dray | Dec 7, 2010 | Lily of the Nile, My Works
Chapter One Something coiled dangerously within the basket I carried, but I’d been told not to open the lid nor to ask what lurked beneath its woven reeds. The basket smelled of comforting cedar and lush figs, but it was embroidered with emblems of Anubis—the...
by Stephanie Dray | Dec 6, 2010 | Articles, Research
There are two prevailing beliefs about Cleopatra. The first is that she was a captivating beauty, so dazzling that she was able to snare two of the world’s most powerful men. The second is that she was an ugly, hook-nosed hag. So which is the truth? Despite, or...
