CLEOPATRA (1894) by the acclaimed German Egyptologist Georg Ebers is a grand and romantic historical drama of the life, love, and death of the fabled last female pharaoh of Egypt whose charisma was the stuff of legend. In addition to his archeological achievements, including the discovery of an important Egyptian medical papyrus (referred to as the Ebers papyrus), Georg Ebers was a beloved storyteller of his time who popularized Egypt via his many historical novels, mixing romantic adventure with fact. Translated from the German by Mary J. Safford.