Plus the TV series ROME is excellent, although by necessity somewhat dramatised.
Robert Graves' I, CLAUDIUS and CLAUDIUS THE GOD are reputedly 'the' classical historical Roman novels, although I haven't read them yet. I've seen the BBC adaptation which is superb (and, in the case of the scenes with John Hurt as the Emperor Caligula, very, very sick).
Robert Graves' I, CLAUDIUS and CLAUDIUS THE GOD are reputedly 'the' classical historical Roman novels, although I haven't read them yet. I've seen the BBC adaptation which is superb (and, in the case of the scenes with John Hurt as the Emperor Caligula, very, very sick).
Can anyone recommend good Roman historical novels?
- 19/02/2010 05:28:52 PM
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I loved McCullough's stuff
- 19/02/2010 08:48:56 PM
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Yes, I mentioned Imperium in my post...have you read the sequel, Conspirata?
- 20/02/2010 03:12:34 PM
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hadn't realized Harris made it a trilogy until I reread your post
- 20/02/2010 11:19:29 PM
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Harris' Pompeii is also great.
- 20/02/2010 01:08:51 AM
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Yeah, I've got I Claudius on the to do list,but I meant Republican Rome.
- 20/02/2010 03:13:46 PM
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I enjoyed Michael Curtis Ford
- 21/02/2010 05:06:05 AM
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Yes, I believe I read The Last King. I didn't know he wrote others, thanks. *NM*
- 24/02/2010 04:17:37 PM
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then I guess there isn't much point in recomending The Last King then
- 24/02/2010 08:04:51 PM
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