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Originally Posted by HarryT
Each to their own; I enjoyed "Roma" very much indeed!
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Of books set in that period, I've only ever read 'I, Claudius' and 'Claudius, the God'. I'm not normally a history-loving person, and rarely read any historical fiction, but these were quite magnificent. I tried to read the Colleen McCullough books, but I found it like trying to suck a bar of soap through a dirty footy sock, and so I've not followed up on any more, fearing disappointment (and, of course, "So many books, so little time".
...and so, it's been interesting watching this thread. I have bookmarked it for future reference. (By the by, along with my large TBR pile to go, I am currently reading, and most of the way through, Iris Murdoch's 'The Sea, The Sea' and trying not to hate it. She writes technically very well, but by the gods it's hard with this book to care about any of her characters, particularly the main. Considering her reputation, I'm inclined to think the problem is a flaw in me rather than the book
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Cheers,
Marc