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Margaret George is an American historical novelist specializing in epic fictional biographies. She is known for her meticulous research and the large scale of her books. She is the author of the bestselling novels The Autobiography of Henry VIII , Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles , The Memoirs of Cleopatra , Mary Called Magdalene , Helen of Troy , and Elizabeth I She is currently at work on a novel about the Emperor Nero.

The last four of these novels were New York Times bestsellers and the Cleopatra novel was made into an Emmy-nominated ABC-TV miniseries in 1999. Altogether the novels have been published in 21 languages. She is ranked at the forefront of historical novelists writing today.

Because of the detailed and accurate research behind her books, she has been a featured interviewee on A & E Biography and a special on Alexandria . She has also spoken at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Hampton Court and the Tower of London.



✵ 19. January 1943
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The Memoirs of Cleopatra
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Famous Margaret George Quotes

“So I learned two things that night, and the next day, from him: the perfection of a moment, and the fleeting nature of it.”

Margaret George book The Memoirs of Cleopatra

Source: The Memoirs of Cleopatra

“The cure for a broken heart is simple, my lady. A hot bath and a good night's sleep.”

Margaret George

Source: Mary Queen of Scotland and The Isles

“When he comes into a room, you give a little gasp, deep inside, far inside,' someone once said when trying to describe what it meant to love.”

Margaret George

Source: Helen of Troy

“I had a desire to see something besides my own shores, if only to be content to return to them someday. If I wish to live in my native land and love her, it should not be out of ignorance.”

Margaret George

Source: Mary Queen of Scotland and The Isles

“Things do not happen, we must make them happen”

Margaret George book The Memoirs of Cleopatra

Source: The Memoirs of Cleopatra

“In my experience, there are two things that no one will admit to: having no sense of humor and being susceptible to flattery.”

Margaret George book The Memoirs of Cleopatra

Source: The Memoirs of Cleopatra

“Defeat I can endure with cheerfulness, my lady. But betrayal is like taking the wind from my sails, or the earth from beneath my feet. It chills my spirits like a rainy day, and all I can do is draw the curtains and cry into my pillow.”

Margaret George

Source: Mary Queen of Scotland and The Isles

“Thus we use our supposed "knowledge" of others to speak on their behalf, and condemn them for their words we ourselves put in their silent mouths.”

Margaret George

Source: The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers

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