07-03-2001, 11:19 PM
McCullough's books are very good, I've read all hte Roman ones and the Trojan ones. All very entertaining stuff, with the slight problem of over romanticizing on occaisions, that and being, well, wrong about some aspects of her interpetation of first century BC Roman politics. she's got into the lady novelist's trap of falling in love with one of here characters ie Caesar, and this clouds her view on various occasions IIRC (it being sometime since i read the books). this shouldn't put anyone who hasn't read them off, they are very good, factually accurate, just flawed in interpretation IMO <p><i>Unless the Persians fly away like birds, hide in the earth like mice, or leap into a lake like frogs, they will never see their homes again, but will die under our arrows</i></p><i></i>
In the name of heaven Catiline, how long do you propose to exploit our patience..
