Cleopatra’s Daughter

Listener Reviews

1. 3.0(1)

   A bit boring

   My experience is tainted by another, more exciting book, I read previously about Selene. I just couldn’t ever get into the plot of this book, and only got excited listening to a couple of places in the book. This was one I plodded through but was glad when it was over.

   Whitni · June 2, 2025

2. 5.0(1)

   longtime favorite

   found this at a garage sale years ago and it became an instant favorite. i reread it once a year or so

   nonrachitect · January 14, 2025

3. 5.0(1)

   Great for Adults, but....

   As an adult, I loved this story and recommended it to several people!! I begin this story to listen with my 11yr old daughter, which I quickly realized was not appropriate. So, reader be aware!

   Roxanne Crow · October 18, 2024

4. 5.0(1)

   Enjoyable story. Excellent Narration

   I have heard a million different versions of Anthony and Cleopatra, and this is the first offering I have ever heard of that features their children that survived them. It is very well done. Not a crafted epic, but an enjoyable story with a very good narrator. If you listen to it, you will probably think the author is taking a lot of license with the facts but she was very accurate and gives an epilogue at the end that explains the few details that were changed.

   Carlee Bruno · May 27, 2022

5. 4.0(1)

   Pretty good

   I really enjoyed this audiobook because of the historical accuracy. The narrator has a nice voice but it was easy to zone out during certain slow parts of the book. Overall, it was very entertaining.

   Carol Crayon · February 3, 2022

6. 4.0(1)

   A pretty engaging story

   I like a good story. This one has a bit of everything, war, history, romance, royalty, slavery - so in a world of dissapointing stories lately, i give it a good solid B plus. The main character is likable,the narration is easy on the ears and the story does hold you. I don't think i'll relisten to it over and over or anything, but it was a good read. Which is saying a lot more than it sounds.

   Eliza Moore · December 24, 2020

7. 3.0(1)

   The narrator ruins this

   Moran writes such exciting stories that it’s a shame this narrator turns it into a public television bore fest.

   Evelyn Anderson · May 17, 2020

8. 4.0(1)

   Learned a lot while on a road trip

   What made the experience of listening to Cleopatra's Daughter the most enjoyable?

   I listened to this book on a cross country road trip with my sister-in-law, and I loved chatting about different cultural aspects the book covered. The age at which a child becomes an adult in this time period is much younger than now, and we found that royal/noble children were forced to grow up even more quickly. The book does a nice job of highlighting this coming of age.

   What did you like best about this story?

   Juba! His character is much more complex than I originally thought.

   Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

   No, I think I needed time to process each section of the book - the material was fairly dense and we sometimes had to jog our memories to recall who a specific character was. I think if we had listened to it in one sitting, the characters would have jumbled together.

   Any additional comments?

   This novel covers quite a few deep themes: slavery, class, conquest over an enemy, love, teenage pregnancy, and more - it does rush through some of them, but overall does a nice job tackling these big topics.

   H. Musleh · February 6, 2019