It is the first century B.C. Cleopatra, the third of the pharaoh's six
children, is the one that her father has chosen to be the next queen of
Egypt. But when King Ptolemy is forced into exile, Cleopatra is left
alone to fend for herself in a palace rife with intrigue and murder.
Smart, courageous, ambitious and sensuously beautiful, she possesses the
charm to cause two of history's most famous leaders to fall in love with
her. But as her cruel sisters plot to steal the throne, Cleopatra
realizes there is only one person on whom she can rely--herself.