07-31-2008, 09:46 AM
Quote:De Camp was always a keen student of human nature with a respect for historical fact.Agreed. I had some interesting correspondence with Sprague in the 1990s. The man was already in his 80s but he was as sharp as a tack with an encyclopedic knowledge of antiquity and an enthusiasm to share. He sent me a copy of his The Ancient Engineers when it was unavailable in UK.