09-18-2003, 08:15 AM
It's Colleen McCullough and she wrote 'First Man in Rome' mostly about Marius, 'Caesar's Women' and 'Ceasar' mostly about Julius Caesar. Good reads. I also have a book called 'Island of Ghosts' by Gillian Bradshaw about a Sarmatian unit in Britain which was pretty good.<br>
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My all time favourites will always be any Rosemary Sutcliffe Roman period book. Though written for young people, I have reread them several times as an adult and enjoyed them just as much. 'Outcast' (which is the only one I actually own) has some scenes that take place in Rome and some in Britain.<br>
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I also have an old, used copy of 'The Last Days of Pompeii' by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton (who originated the phrase "It was a dark and stormy night.") It's very melodramatic and probably not very accurate, but a fun read if you go into it with the right mindset.<br>
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Wendy <p>"I am an admirer of the ancients,but not like some people so as to despise the talent of our own times." Pliny the Younger</p><i></i>
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My all time favourites will always be any Rosemary Sutcliffe Roman period book. Though written for young people, I have reread them several times as an adult and enjoyed them just as much. 'Outcast' (which is the only one I actually own) has some scenes that take place in Rome and some in Britain.<br>
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I also have an old, used copy of 'The Last Days of Pompeii' by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton (who originated the phrase "It was a dark and stormy night.") It's very melodramatic and probably not very accurate, but a fun read if you go into it with the right mindset.<br>
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Wendy <p>"I am an admirer of the ancients,but not like some people so as to despise the talent of our own times." Pliny the Younger</p><i></i>