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Today in Herstory: Cleopatra committed suicide

Today in Herstory: Cleopatra committed suicide

by Stephanie Dray | Aug 12, 2013 | Daughters of the Nile, Historical Fiction Genre, Lily of the Nile, Miscellany, My Works, Song of the Nile

On August 12, 30 BC, the most powerful woman in the history of the western world breathed her last. Some claim it was murder. Others claim it was serpenticide. (My opinions were published here in my post, How Did Cleopatra Really Die?) But however it happened, then...

Director’s Cut: A Showoffy Snippet That Had To Go

by Stephanie Dray | Jun 5, 2013 | Daughters of the Nile, Excerpts, My Works

I’m in the process of editing DAUGHTERS OF THE NILE. I’m having to cut my darlings. This one was very interesting to me because my books tackle religious history the stone mentioned here is the same one mentioned in the Koran. I had to take it out of the...

Teaser from DAUGHTERS OF THE NILE

by Stephanie Dray | Apr 28, 2013 | Daughters of the Nile, My Works, Works in Progress

Hey readers! Today I’m taking part in Historical Snippet Sunday. Here’s a six sentence teaser from my latest work, DAUGHTERS OF THE NILE which is now available for pre-order: I will never see my mother’s Egypt again, I think. The closest I will ever...
The Roman Princess Diaries: Being the Daughter of Augustus

The Roman Princess Diaries: Being the Daughter of Augustus

by Stephanie Dray | Jan 31, 2012 | Articles, Daughters of the Nile, Lily of the Nile, Song of the Nile

The star of my new novel, SONG OF THE NILE, is Cleopatra Selene. However, another young woman plays a very prominent role, and that is Julia, the daughter of Rome’s first emperor. Though their parents were mortal enemies, in my novel, the two teenaged girls form a...
Livia Drusilla: Evil Empress or Maligned Mother of the Empire?

Livia Drusilla: Evil Empress or Maligned Mother of the Empire?

by Stephanie Dray | Jan 24, 2012 | Daughters of the Nile, Lily of the Nile, Research, Song of the Nile

In ancient history powerful women got a bad rap. This was especially the case for Rome’s first empress, Livia Drusilla, the wife of Augustus Caesar. She comes down to us as a sort of wicked step-monster of the Julio-Claudian family–one who murders, manipulates...
The Emotional Drama Behind Ancient Rome’s Theatre of Marcellus

The Emotional Drama Behind Ancient Rome’s Theatre of Marcellus

by Stephanie Dray | Dec 1, 2011 | Articles, Daughters of the Nile, Lily of the Nile, Research, Song of the Nile

Ancient Rome was going to get a new theatre; this was never in any doubt. Julius Caesar acquired and cleared the land on the shore of the Tiber River. However, his grand designs for the place were frustrated by his untimely assassination. Still, what are a few fatal...
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