I favoriti della fortuna

Firstly – a quick recap of the first two books in the Masters of Rome series by Colleen McCullough . The First Man in Rome is #1 in this series (110-100 BCE) : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... This book introduces the reader to Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla. Marius, the legendary mili Leggi tutto

At more than 800 pages (not counting the 200 in the glossary), Fortune's Favorites is another massive and thorough volume in McCullough's recreation of the dissolution of the Roman Republic. Unlike the first two volumes, FF opens with action and moves more quickly. Sulla, away in Asia Minor challeng Leggi tutto

Escenas y demás: *El encuentro de Aurelia y Sila en el campamento de este último: es ver reencontrarse a viejos amigos —ambos cansados, ambos cambiados por el tiempo y golpeados por la vida— y comprender lo amargo, amargo que es despedirse de sueños irrealizables. *La forma de liderar terrible, horrib Leggi tutto

Third in the “Masters of Rome” series. Contains an excellent and very detailed summary of the plot of the first two novels in the series and of events in an interim period between the books. The initial part of the book concentrates on Sulla’s return from the East – raddled by skin disease and ill-he Leggi tutto

Well, by virtue of the "I abandoned plans and other things I was supposed to be doing to curl up with this book instead" test, I grant you five stars. Caesar is ... as Caesar is, and I think Mme. McCullough perhaps subscribes to the "Great Man of History" school of thought a little much, but I LOVED Leggi tutto

Read it at the same time with Caesar Life of a Colossus by Adrian Goldsworty. Incredible how accurate Masters of Rome series is and how much work Colleen McCullough has put in it.