Author: El-Arifi, SaaraModern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Published on 26 February 2026 by HarperCollins Publishers (The Borough Press) in the United Kingdom.Hardback | 352 pages245 x 163 x 34 | 552g An enthralling, groundbreaking reimagining of an iconic queen, from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author 'Enchanting, smart, and subversive “ El-Arifi's masterpiece' R. F. Kuang 'Lush world-building and lyrical prose burn brightly on every page' JENNIFER SAINT 'Addictive and entertaining' STYLIST 'An extraordinary achievement' SAMANTHA SHANNON *Limited Collector's Edition featuring foiled board design and designed endpapers available to the first print run only whilst supplies last* “““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““ YOU KNOW MY NAME. BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW ME. Your historians call me seductress, but I was ever in love's thrall. Your playwrights speak of witchcraft, but my talents came from the gods themselves. Your poets sing of my bloodlust, but I was always protecting my children. How wilfully they refuse to concede that a woman could be powerful, strategic, divinely blessed to rule. Death will silence me no longer. This is not the story of how I died. But how I lived. From one of the most remarkable and acclaimed storytellers of her generation, the #1 bestselling author of FAEBOUND and THE FINAL STRIFE, this epic and groundbreaking new novel shows us Cleopatra on her own terms.
