Cleopatra

So, this was a good book. Well researched, intricate, detailed and vivid...it was almost too much so. There was so much information and history to absorb that there wasn't an exciting story to capture or follow. I love Ancient Rome, and I love Augustus - so anything centered around this time period a Leggi tutto

Me siento como quien acaba de llegar al final de un largo, largo viaje. ¿Por qué, en nombre del universo, nadie me advirtió que sería un largo, largo viaje? No, ya en serio. Queja frecuente aparte (falta de descripciones sangrientas y bla, bla, bla), reconozco que este y otros libros anteriores de la Leggi tutto

I have been waiting for this book since I finished McCullough's previous book from this august series (no pun intended)The October Horse. It has been years. So my expectations were high, but the actual experience was not. Have I changed in my reading tastes or was this book labored? I slogged through Leggi tutto

By itself it is a very good book, but because to is in the Masters of Rome series, it can only recive 4 stars. It would have been five stars, except the Mrs. McCullough did not put an explanation at the conclusion of the novel like she normally has in the rest of the series. It may seem trival but I Leggi tutto

Effectively the sequel to the “Masters of Rome” series – following on immediately after the series ends and written in an almost identical style (although with few maps, very few drawings of characters and a very short glossary). The story concentrates on Antony/Cleopatra and Caesarion (Cleopatra’s s Leggi tutto

This is actually a bit of a letdown from the previous six books. My understanding is that McCullough intended the series to end with The October Horse, and it shows. Although "Antony and Cleopatra" is sprawling with history and is quite entertaining, it does feel more obligatory and less passionate