Cleopatra's Sister
Author: Lively, Penelope
ISBN: 9780140175936
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 26 May 1994
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback / softback
Cleopatra's Sister is the tenth novel by Booker Prize winning author Penelope Lively.
Detached and unwordly paleontologist Howard Beamish is on a journey that is to change his life. Travelling to Nairobi, his plane is forced to land in Marsopolis, the capital of Callimbia, where Cleopatra's sister entertained Antony. Also on the flight is Lucy Faulkner, a journalist with a sketchy knowledge of Callimbia's political turbulence. As chance throws them together, Howard and Lucy become embroiled in a revolution that is both political and personal.
ISBN: 9780140175936
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 26 May 1994
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback / softback
Cleopatra's Sister is the tenth novel by Booker Prize winning author Penelope Lively.
Detached and unwordly paleontologist Howard Beamish is on a journey that is to change his life. Travelling to Nairobi, his plane is forced to land in Marsopolis, the capital of Callimbia, where Cleopatra's sister entertained Antony. Also on the flight is Lucy Faulkner, a journalist with a sketchy knowledge of Callimbia's political turbulence. As chance throws them together, Howard and Lucy become embroiled in a revolution that is both political and personal.
