June 2013
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bloodcolossus said: How about historical fact? Any good books on history that you’ve enjoyed enough to share with us?
Well, without getting up to look at my bookshelf, here are a couple of good ones:
A World Full of Gods: The Strange Triumph of Christianity
How often do you think about that one guy calling you glib?
It haunts me every waking second
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Are there any historical fiction or fictional history novels that take place in Rome that you would recommend?
An author named Steven Saylor has written a large number of books set in ancient Rome, many (most? all?) starring a Roman detective called Gordianus the Finder. They are pretty deece, for, like beach reading or whatev. They’re not Tolstoy or anything.
There are also a number of books by Colleen McCullough (perhaps best known for The Thorn Birds) that are set in ancient Rome that are supposed to be pretty good. I never read them, but my mom liked them? So I guess that’s a recommendation, kind of.
I don’t read a lot of historical fiction.
If you were to run away and live in a theme park, which would you choose, and why?
Holiday World, so I could do this every day:
