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Queen bonmaid Egypt is a historical novel by Mikel Piramo translated by Zabihullah Mansouri. This story is about Sharmion, the servant of Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt, who has an accurate account of the days of living with her master.
About the book Queen bonmaid Egypt
The Maid of the Queen of Egypt is a historical novel whose original name is Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile. In this novel, Michel Piramo writes about the life of a slave girl named Sharmion. Sharmion was Cleopatra’s favorite maid. They have been friends since childhood, and Cleopatra takes her to class with her, against the wishes of her teachers. Sharmion writes about his life and that of his master because of his closeness to Cleopatra. In addition to narrating the love affairs of his master with Julius Caesar and Antoine the Younger, he deals with historical events during the Ptolemaic dynasty. Writing details such as the Alexandrian lighthouse and the Greek fire are some of the positive points of this book.
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If you are a fan of foreign novels, we invite you to read this book.
About Michael Piramo, author of Queen bonmaid Egypt
Michel Piramo was born on January 30, 1922, a French writer and journalist. He writes mostly in the field of historical monuments. In 1979 he received the Special Literary Award. He died on January 30, 1922, at the age of 98.
Zabihullah Mansouri, originally named Zabihullah Hakimollahi Dashti, was born in 1278 in Sanandaj. He was the most prolific translator in the history of Iranian press and literature, a journalist, a writer, and, according to him, the champion of Iranian weightlifting. Mansouri passed away on June 10, 1986 in Tehran.
Part of the book Queen bonmaid Egypt
I will never forget the day Cleopatra first walked around with Antoine, and I was in the psychiatric bed she was carrying, blowing them both up.
Sixteen slaves carried the bed and wore uniforms. They wore a purple corset with silver thread, a shoe that was fastened with white straps, and the straps of the shoe were spirally wrapped around the calf, and a green shawl, which they wore as a support and opened at rest, and the body sweated. They were drying.
Behind the slaves who carried the cradle, a court official came and called him the forerunner. The forehead was like a slave’s, but instead of a shawl, he wore a green stencil. It had no sleeves and the two leading hands looked naked.
He wears an Egyptian hat. Everyone knows that the Egyptian hat has a talisman, and the talisman covers the back of the neck like a curtain, preventing the sun from shining on the neck and face.
The foreman was constantly holding a short stick made of wood, but it was gilded. The stick was a sign of rank and occupation, and when people saw the leader in the streets in special clothes and with a stick, they would walk down the alley and the chariots would step aside so that the bed could pass without delay.
Cleopatra walked the streets of Alexandria without an escort, and on the day she first went to bed with Antoine to show him the city, she walked without an escort.
Cleopatra not only knew the streets and buildings of Alexandria well, but also had a great deal of information about their records; So much so that he sometimes told the historical records of the streets to Antoine, and that Roman general was amazed at how a young girl had all this information and knew it so well everywhere.
I will not forget that the first thing that surprised Antoine was the width of the streets of Alexandria; Because in the first streets of Alexandria, twelve chariots can move together. Across the street, what surprised Antoine was the taps and pipes, and he asked, “Where does this water that flows from the taps come from?”
Cleopatra replied, “The city has had tap water for two and a half centuries. “The water of the Nile River enters a large reservoir and flows from there to the pipes, so people always have water and street taps are installed for public use so that passers-by and travelers can use them.”
The book “The Maid of the Queen of Egypt” written by “Sharmion” is a book about the slave of Cleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt from the Balthash dynasty. Sharmion begins this book from his childhood and in addition to the memories of his life, he also tells us the biography of Cleopatra VII until the moment of his death. According to a reporter of ISNA’s “Look at Blogs” service, the blogger writes:
Queen bonmaid Egypt goes on to speak of Rome, and speaks to us of Caesar, the greatest Roman emperor, and then enters into political matters.
We read short excerpts from the book, written by Mikel Piramo and translated by Zabihullah Mansouri: When we arrived in Alexandria, the Egyptian capital was still stunned by Caesar’s assassination. In Alexandria, everyone knew that Caesar was the absolute ruler of the Bahraini region, and from Syria to Spain and from Rome, the Balkans, Greece and the Gulf (modern-day France, Belgium and the Netherlands) to Morocco, Carthage, Libya and Egypt, no region or country was in power. Caesar is not stationed there.
The people considered Caesar as one of the gods and believed that he was invincible and death would not rule over him. But suddenly they heard that Caesar, like a normal person, was struck by a knife and his power and greatness were lost in a few moments. Having heard Caesar speak to his wife, I have no doubt that the Roman conqueror wanted to become emperor of Rome and overthrow the republican regime.
One night, between my lady and him, there was talk of glorious celebrations on the occasion of Caesar’s return to Rome. Without laughing, Caesar said in a serious tone that these great celebrations, which were held in honor of one person, are the prelude to the burial of the republican regime and the emergence of the imperial regime, because in a republican regime where there is freedom and government is in the hands of the nation, these celebrations should not be. Make the dazzling one for one person only.
Senators, writers, and preachers did not agree with Caesar’s empire, but were afraid to speak out publicly.
Caesar was so great and powerful that from the height of his greatness and power, he saw others under his feet like ants and did not think that the ants might try to conspire against him and kill him. Those who wanted to assassinate the Roman dictator killed him because they believed that Caesar had destroyed freedom and the rule of democracy in Rome.
Caesar’s close friends who conspired to assassinate him killed him in the name of advocating for freedom and democracy, and after Caesar’s death said that we were friends with him, but we loved freedom and democracy more than him and killed him in the name of principles. . When my lady heard that, she told me that they were demagogic and not in favor of freedom and democracy, but that they killed Caesar because they were jealous of him and could not see his honors.
At all times, envy of the power and honor of others is one of the main causes of the fire of anger and resentment of those who saw themselves as small. Jealousy often disguises itself as demagogy, and in Greece and Rome it manifests itself as a supporter of freedom and democracy. On the day the law on Caesar’s lifelong dictatorship was introduced in the Senate, none of the senators dared to oppose the law except one named Cassius.
In the Cassius family, the son, after his father, was a libertarian and a supporter of democratic government, and he said after he was allowed to speak; The government of the republic was created to remove the ruler at least once, so that those who have held jobs and positions like him will be fired and other groups will come to power.
Because rarely does a ruler cause the nation misery, but most of the time, and perhaps it can always be said, those around a ruler who, like him, have jobs and ranks make the nation miserable for use and put a distance between the ruler and the nation rather than the people. Do not reach the ruler. From now on, as the dictatorial rule of Caesar is immortalized, an absolute tyrannical rule will prevail in Rome, and everyone around Caesar will become a dictator, except that the main Roman dictator constantly strives to expand the circle of reform. But sub-dictators will only think of their own interests. Another man who was considered Caesar’s enemy and wanted to assassinate him in the name of advocacy and protection of freedom and democracy was called Brutus.
It was said that Brutus was willing to sacrifice his life for freedom, even if he knew it would be of no use to his descendants. But my lady did not accept this view, saying that Brutus’ support for freedom was as demagogic as the freedom-seeking of others. Those who hated Brutus said, “If the man is a libertarian and a supporter of democracy, why does he take usury?”
Because the ultimate goal of libertarians and democrats is for the deprived classes of society to have rights, and to take exorbitant interest from them is against this ideology. Most of those who conspired against Caesar were his friends, but they said that following principles was superior to friendship. Cassius, Brutus, and other conspirators knew that Caesar intended to go to Macedonia and from there proceed eastward to fight the Persians.
The conspirators knew that they had to kill Caesar before he could go to the East, because if he went to the East and won another war, he would grow so large that if he was killed, the Roman nation would kill him. Will cut. I heard from Caesar that he told my lady that I was only worthy of a political position, and that position was like that of the sultans of Iran, who are the kings of kings. Several points were considered for his assassination, and the Senate considered the end of Caesar’s assassination to be better than elsewhere.
When Caesar entered the parliament, as usual, he was unprotected and only Antoine entered the parliament with him. Antoine was the Roman consul when Caesar was assassinated and was one of the closest Roman nobles to Caesar and the son of an old and respected family, and was considered a close relative of Caesar by his mother. That is why everyone knew that Antoine did not progress except because of the support that Caesar had for him. In their view, Caesar’s support for Antoine had a reason that could not be clarified, because it was far from polite and modest.
The Queen of Egypt herself was aware of this, but because she was a politician, she considered it insignificant, and I realized that my wife was one of those people who paid attention to the result in life, not by means. When I found out that my lady was going to attract Antoine, I predicted that she would succeed. Octavian was Caesar’s first heir after his death, and the Roman army commander in the capital, Lepidus, also aspired to rule.
Before coming to power, Antoine was formed with these two men, and a three-member board of directors of Antoine, Octave, and Lepid was formed. The first thing the three-member board did was to prepare a list of those who should be killed immediately and their property confiscated. The names of two hundred senators and two thousand Roman aristocrats were written in this case. Antoine arrived in Alexandria earlier than my lady expected, and according to his promise to Cleopatra, he left most of his army in Asia Minor and Syria and came to Alexandria with two legions.
I was not surprised by Antoine’s passion for his wife, because Cleopatra knew the art of charm so much that if he made a decision he could fall in love with women, let alone a forty-two-year-old man. Cleopatra knew that if she kept Antoine captive in her love, the Roman government would not take action against him, at least until the day Antoine was in charge.
My lady, who knew that Antoine was a fun-loving man, tried to provide him with the means of happiness every day, in a way other than the day before. My lady did things that I knew she hated to make Antoine more palatable. While Antoine was having a good time in Alexandria, a civil war broke out in Rome, with the leaders of the Civil War being “Fluvi” (Antoine’s wife) on one side and Octavian’s heir to Caesar. Antoine also faced a difficult situation in Syria and then in Asia Minor.
Queen bonmaid Egypt
The Parthians conquered the cities of Syria and Asia Minor one after the other, and the inhabitants of some cities surrendered to the Parthians in spite of Roman rule. Indeed, Thucydides, whom I read as a part of history while studying, was right when he said that if they were careful in history, they could predict all future social events from past events, and that what would happen in the future would be different from the repetition of past events. It is not and only the appearance, that is, the color and the clothes are changed.
To show how history repeats itself, I say that Pompey was assassinated by Ptolemy XIV of Egypt (and Cleopatra’s brother) until he was noticed and loved by Caesar, but he was not loved by Caesar. Antoine also sacrificed Cleopatra so that he could be loved by Octavo and maintain his kingdom, but he was not loved by Octavo and did not maintain his kingdom.
Unfortunately, as a result of Cleopatra’s tyranny in the last year of her reign, the inhabitants of Alexandria, unlike in the past, did not love my lady and prayed to the gods of Egypt and Greece that Octavian would enter Alexandria as soon as possible and end Cleopatra’s reign. Cleopatra relax. I think the catastrophes that befell my lady were the result of her own actions and those of her ancestors, because Cleopatra’s ancestors, who were all of Greek descent, killed many people in Egypt and completely trampled on piety.
One of Cleopatra’s ancestors married his mother, sister, and daughter, and his daughter bore him a daughter, and after she grew up, the king of Egypt married his grandson. In addition to killing thousands of people during her lifetime, Cleopatra made prostitution, which was practically practiced in Egypt, a shameful and shameful act, and the women of Alexandria’s entertainment districts were rewarded as actors. My lady had no idea to defend Alexandria except to go to war, but the inhabitants of Alexandria were not interested in war.
In the year that blacks invaded Alexandria from southern Egypt, as soon as Cleopatra volunteered to defend Alexandria, every man in the city was ready to defend, but when Octavus wanted to invade Alexandria, no one was willing to volunteer. Guerrilla. Because people had survived Cleopatra’s tyranny. My lady hoped until the last moment that a way could be found to save her, but when the city was conquered by Octavo and the soldiers reached behind the wall of the royal palace, my lady’s hope was dashed. My lady put her snake cage in front of her and slowly opened the door and put her hand in the cage.
Queen bonmaid Egypt
The Aspic Viper moved its head with extraordinary speed and bit Cleopatra’s hand, and before Octave entered the palace, my lady died in her sleep without enduring the slightest pain. Now that I am writing these memoirs, Egypt is under the rule of the Roman government and a Roman ruler rules our country. Today Octavo is called Augustus (meaning great), but that person is a lowly man in my eyes. Because he acted contrary to his covenant, and a man who acts contrary to his covenant is humble.
He had promised my lady that he would not covet the land of Egypt and enter Alexandria alone, and that he would raise the issue of hostages in order to break his promise, but my lady Cleopatra proved that she was great; Because he ended his life with a snake bite until he was taken prisoner and killed by his enemy Octave.
I believe that my lady, although she lost the war with the man who became the greatest Roman general after Julius Caesar and rose to the position of empire and deity, but with her death she turned this defeat into a victory. The book “The Maid of the Queen of Egypt”, in addition to being very beautiful in terms of story and fascinates the reader, also provides us with a lot of historical information. I also recommend reading this book to you dear friends
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