Donkey milk even exist). In addition, the flavour and appearance of donkey milk have been found to be attractive to children. Equid (donkey and horse) milk can be considered a suitable substrate for probiotic beverage production. The use of fermented equid milk is an ancient tradition in central Asia, like koumiss or airag, a fermented mares milk very popular in Asia and Russia; but there are also traditional variants made from donkey milk. In Mongolia, where koumiss is the national drink, people have a saying that ‘kumys cures 40 diseases’. It is said that Cleopatra, Queen of Ancient Egypt, took baths in
The Memoirs of Cleopatra her as "flighty". George said, "She was obviously very appealing but not this bimbo that the Romans would like you to think she was." The finished novel was 964 pages; George describes this as "big, but it's not padded." By 1997, George was a successful author who had published popular historical novels about Henry VIII of England and Mary, Queen of Scots. Assuming her latest novel would also be popular, St. Martin's Press ordered 200,000 copies. "The Memoirs of Cleopatra" was published by St. Martin's Press in March 1997. George launched a national book tour in April, and it landed