← Mary ButtsScenes from the Life of Cleopatraby Mary ButtsNovella reimagining the life of the Egyptian queen CleopatraFind on Amazon↗About the authorMary ButtsButts was an experimental modernist writer whose fiction, particularly Armed with Madness, combines Greek mythology, Arthurian legend, and psychological modernism in a distinctive if demanding manner. She was part of the Paris avant-garde circle.More by Mary ButtsArmed with MadnessNovel of bohemian artists and occultism in rural England between the wars→Ashe of RingsNovel exploring ancient mysticism and desire among bohemian circles→Death of Felicity Taverner→The Macedonian→