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Clive Cussler is a clever author, not in the sense he writes great literature, his books tend to be rip-roaring tales never to be taken seriously, still they amuse the reader, to tell the truth after many dark novels, the brightness is heartily welcomed . In the latest story ...back in A.D. 391 Roma Leggi tutto

4 Stars for Treasure: Dirk Pitt #9 (audiobook) by Clive Cussler read by Brian Cox. Another great Dirk Pitt Adventure.

Plot 1: 391 AD Julius Venator, a Roman plans to save the treasures of Library of Alexandria before it has to be destroyed by the order of the king. He takes a group of soldiers and roman slaves with a fleet of ships and buries the treasure. Before getting back to the ship the natives kills all the sl Leggi tutto

Enjoyed the history as always

The long lost, and presumed destroyed, contents of the ancient library of Alexandria, including the preserved remains of Alexander the Great himself, make for one heck of an intriguing subject for a treasure hunt. Unfortunately, there's not much historical context or depth provided to get one really Leggi tutto

This took me a month to read at night. It took a while to get into the story because it jumped around a lot and their were lots of characters. A good read

My least favorite of Clive Cussler's books so far. There is essentially two stories contained in the novel, and they are not very well connected. He starts off with one story about lost treasure, then transfers almost totally to another story about terrorists which takes up the bulk of the novel, st Leggi tutto

Another far fetched adventure story from one of the masters. Ranging from a crashing airliner over Greenland to a cruise ship off the southern tip of Argentina to a border town on the Rio Grande this treasure hunt is looking for lost artifacts from the library of Alexandria. A good fast paced adventu Leggi tutto