Prologue: The myth of Cleopatra's death
The stage : ancient Alexandria
The making of the queen : part one: the ancestors
The making of the queen : part two: the Macedonian lineage
The making of the queen : part three: the family
Cleopatra VII becomes queen
The road to Actium : part one: the conflict
The road to Actium : part two: the partners
The road to Actium : part three: the preparations
Plan B: the escape plan from Egypt
Plan C: the alternate escape plan from Egypt
A motive for the murder of Cleopatra
The unforeseen murder of Antony
Afterword: what this new view of Cleopatra means to world history.
