About the book: 1973 / The book tells about the events of the 1st century. BC e. The Polish historian, based on scientific data, vividly and interestingly talks about the reign of the last kings of the Ptolemaic dynasty (Ptolemy XII Auletes and his daughter Cleopatra VII), about the promotion and death of outstanding figures of Rome - Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, about complex political and personal relationships Cleopatra with Caesar and Anthony and, finally, about the fall of Alexandria under the attacks of the troops of Octavian Augustus and the death of the last Egyptian queen.