In this fascinating story, Haggard relates the story of the legendary queen through the eyes of Harmaquis, a young priest destined to be Pharaoh and his nefarious loves with the Greek usurper Cleopatra. A novel full of exoticism that relates the love triangle between Harmaquis, Cleopatra and Charmion, a young Egyptian servant and counselor to the queen, who with her jealousy unleashes the personal tragedy within the great national tragedy that was the confrontation between the powerful Rome and The then weak Egypt, in Greek hands.