Abandoned by her beloved older sister Cleopatra and an indifferent father Arsinoe a young Egyptian princess must fight for survival in the bloodthirsty royal court after her half-sister Berenice seizes power. But despite using her quick-wits to win Berenices favour Arsinoe struggles to establish herself in a uncertain new world one that carries her from the conspiratorial dangers of the palace to the streets of war-torn Alexandria. Meanwhile her other sister the usurper Berenice has her own demons to confront - her cruel flagging mother a pair of fickle husbands and the ever-present threat that her father will return from exile-as she fights to hold the throne as the first queen of Egypt in a thousand years. Perfect for historical fiction fans who loved discovering The Other Boleyn Girl Cleopatras Shadows reimagines Cleopatras rise to power through the eyes of her forgotten younger sister Arsinoe.