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Topic: Historical Fiction - Ancient Mediterranea Posted: 28-Jan-2007 at 19:55 |
Place your recomendations for books set in Ancient Rome,Greece,Eygypt Here.
Edit: Ok we got a list going- I will update this post every so often:
Historical Fiction: setting Ancient
Imperium - By Robert Harris The Last of the Wine - Mary Renault I, Claudius and Claudius the God - by Robert Graves
Falco-detectives by Lindsey Davis
'Pride of Carthage', by David Anthony Durham
Simon Scarrow's Eagle series
Donald Kagan-The Peloponnesian War Simon Hornblower-The Greek World,479-323 B.C. Tyrant -Valerio Massimo Manfredi
''The gates of fire''- Pressfield
''Tides of war''-Pressfield
The sub rosa series by Steven Saylor- mysteries set during late Republic Rome
First Man in Rome series - Collen McCullough
Gods and Legions - by Michael Curtus Ford
Eagle in the Snow-Wallace Breem's
Pompeii by Robert Harris
River God and Warlock( Both set in Egypt) by Wilbur Smith
Atlantis, by Mr. Gibbons
Twelfth Trasnsforming- Paline Gedge
House of Dreams- Pauline Gedge
Lord of Two Lands - Judith Tarr
Edited by Dawn - 23-Feb-2007 at 18:51
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Posted: 28-Jan-2007 at 21:40 |
I'll get the ball rolling,
Imperium - By Robert Harris
The Last of the Wine - Mary Renault
I, Claudius and Claudius the God - by Robert Graves
Good stuff right there!
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Posted: 29-Jan-2007 at 05:49 |
I really like the Falco-detectives by Lindsey Davis. Set in the reign of Vespasianus.
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Posted: 29-Jan-2007 at 05:55 |
I loved 'Pride of Carthage', by David Anthony Durham. No prizes for guessing who it's about.
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Posted: 29-Jan-2007 at 11:41 |
Simon Scarrow's Eagle series, really the only books I can read through and can't put down. No other book keeps me stuck to them as these.
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Posted: 29-Jan-2007 at 17:24 |
Donald Kagan-The Peloponnesian War Simon Hornblower-The Greek World,479-323 B.C.
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Posted: 30-Jan-2007 at 05:18 |
Three words: Valerio Massimo Manfredi
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Posted: 30-Jan-2007 at 08:03 |
I tried Manfredi a couple of times, but his style doesn't do it for me somehow...
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Posted: 30-Jan-2007 at 08:30 |
I'm a big fan of Manfredi also, I suggest the ''Tyrant'' for the beginners.
I also like Pressfield, especially, ''The gates of fire'' and ''Tides of war''.
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Posted: 30-Jan-2007 at 15:08 |
to add to the list:
The sub rosa series by Steven Saylor- mysteries set during late Republic Rome
First Man in Rome series - Collen McCullough
Gods and Legions - by Michael Curtus Ford
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Posted: 30-Jan-2007 at 17:01 |
For the late Roman Empire, you might want to try Wallace Breem's Eagle in the Snow.
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Posted: 02-Feb-2007 at 12:13 |
Pompeii by Robert Harris
River God and Warlock( Both set in Egypt) by Wilbur Smith
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Posted: 08-Feb-2007 at 20:17 |
Atlantis, by Mr. Gibbons.
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Posted: 23-Feb-2007 at 18:52 |
Edited first post for easy reference
Keep adding your favs.
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Posted: 16-Mar-2007 at 21:24 |
Roma - By Steven Saylor
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Posted: 19-Apr-2007 at 11:23 |
''The Afghan Campaign'' by Steven Pressfield.
It's the story of the least most famous (in my opinion) Alexander's campaign, against the rebel Afghan kingdoms of the falling Persian Empire.
What I liked about this book, is that is not following the perspective of a general, or a politician or even Alexander's. It is about the story of a soldier, and the problems that the footsoldiers and cavalry men had, in the harsh environment of modern day Iraq and Afghanistan, against an enemy that :
Here the foe does not meet us in pitched battle, as other armies we have dueled in the past..Even when we defeat him, he will not accept our dominion. He comes back again and again. He hates us with a passion whose depth is exceeded only by his patience and his capacity for suffering.
I think that Pressfield, in his latest novel, tries to make a comparison between the ancient era (Alexanders army in Afghanistan) and the modern era (US and NATO soldiers, in Afghanistan and Iraq), sometimes he succeds, some times he fails.
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Posted: 02-May-2007 at 05:15 |
Mary Renault's The King Must Die, The Bull from the Sea, The Persian Boy, etc.
Gore Vidal's Julian and Creation.
Naomi Michison's Corn King and Spring Queen.
Not so brilliant, but readable: Paul Doherty's Amerotke series, in ancient Egypt.
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Posted: 26-Jun-2007 at 00:27 |
The Last King and The Ten Thousand by Michael Ford Curtis were entertaining.
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Posted: 02-Sep-2007 at 18:13 |
Henry Treece did a few, "Electra" for instance. Rosemary Sutcliff did loads more like, "Sun Horse, Moon Horse", "Song For A Dark Queen", "Warrior Scarlett" and the "Three Legions" series. Conn Iggulden wrote a series on Caesar.
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Posted: 04-Sep-2007 at 23:09 |
Finished reading The Sword of Attila and Gods and Legions both by Michael Ford Curtis. Also finished Funeral Games by Mary Renault. All three were quite good. I would definitely recommend them to anyone who enjoys historical fiction.
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