{"id":1344,"date":"2022-11-29T00:46:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T00:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karenessex.com\/?p=1344"},"modified":"2022-11-29T01:12:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T01:12:49","slug":"a-few-trees-later-we-have-a-paperback-edition-of-kleopatra-book-i-the-early-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/?p=1344","title":{"rendered":"A few trees later&#8230;we have a paperback edition of Kleopatra Book I: The Early Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 data-paragraph=\"true\"><strong>A few trees are down, but we now have a paperback edition of\u00a0<i>Kleopatra Book I: The Early Years.<\/i><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3u1kKvD\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1348\" src=\"http:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Kleo-as-gift.jpeg\" alt=\"Kleopatra paperback book with gifts\" width=\"552\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Kleo-as-gift.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Kleo-as-gift-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Kleo-as-gift-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Kleo-as-gift-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Kleo-as-gift-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Kleo-as-gift-400x400.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<div data-paragraph=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div data-paragraph=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-paragraph=\"true\">I was surprised by the number of people who requested non-digital copies, so here they are, and the quality of printing is beyond expectation. They\u2019re gorgeous and will make lovely holiday gifts. <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3u1kKvD\">You can get a copy here.\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div data-paragraph=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div data-paragraph=\"true\">\n<p>And\u2026we have a cover \u00a0for\u00a0<i><strong>Pharaoh: Book II of Kleopatra<\/strong><\/i>\u00a0\u00a0which chronicles the extremely tumultuous later years of the queen\u2019s life as she goes to war to preserve her marriage and her kingdom.<\/p>\n<div data-paragraph=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Xv5JzQ.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1349\" src=\"http:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Pharoah-cover-pic.jpeg\" alt=\"Cover of Pharaoh: Book II of Kleopatra\" width=\"565\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Pharoah-cover-pic.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Pharoah-cover-pic-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Pharoah-cover-pic-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Pharoah-cover-pic-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Pharoah-cover-pic-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Pharoah-cover-pic-400x400.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-paragraph=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div data-paragraph=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-paragraph=\"true\">One of the things I love most about these covers is that they are inspired by an authenticated bust of Kleopatra I saw on display for the first time in Rome in 2013. Thanks to genius book designer Maya Roman for her gorgeous renderings.<\/div>\n<div data-paragraph=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-paragraph=\"true\">Here\u2019s the original:<\/div>\n<div data-paragraph=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div data-paragraph=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div data-paragraph=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-paragraph=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1350\" src=\"http:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bust-of-Kleopatra-graphic.jpeg\" alt=\"Bust of Kleopatra\" width=\"551\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bust-of-Kleopatra-graphic.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bust-of-Kleopatra-graphic-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bust-of-Kleopatra-graphic-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bust-of-Kleopatra-graphic-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bust-of-Kleopatra-graphic-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/karenessex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bust-of-Kleopatra-graphic-400x400.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-paragraph=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div data-paragraph=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div data-paragraph=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few trees are down, but we now have a paperback edition of\u00a0Kleopatra Book I: The Early Years. &nbsp; &nbsp; I was surprised by the number of people who requested non-digital copies, so here they are, and the quality of printing is beyond expectation. They\u2019re gorgeous and will make lovely holiday gifts. You can get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1344"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1355,"href":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344\/revisions\/1355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karenessex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}