The 1969/1970 comedy Up Pompeii starred British comedian Frankie Howerd as put upon slave Lurcio always ready and willing to spread a little gossip from his adopted Roman household. Now in no way am I trying to suggest or draw a comparison between Lurcio and Tiro (personal secretary to Cicero) but u...
A big thank you to Moonlight Reader for yet another fun, inventive BookLikes game! I had a wonderful time, while also advancing -- though with decidedly fewer new reads than I'd origianlly been planning -- my two main reading goals for this year (classic crime fiction and books written by women). ...
I loved listening to these two books! Therefore, I am incredibly disappointed to see that Hoopla does not have the third in audio. I will definitely have to check other sources - and get them all in paper format to read again. Great stuff! Funny thing, I only started reading these because I am wr...
Synopsis: Tiro, Cicero's slave, recounts his master's political career, starting with his case against Verres and ending with his being elected consul... Review: I first encountered Marcus Tullius Cicero when translating his speeches against Verres and Catilina and later on his philosophical entre...
Historical fiction writers are cursed. They are not Robert Graves.Nonetheless, this is an entertaining attempt with a provoking figure as the main focus to visit Ancient Republican Rome. The book deals with the fascinating life of the political animal and great thinker, Marcus Tullius Cicero. This...
Very enjoyable historical fiction from Harris. Delighted to reach the authors note and read his sources,plenty of ideas for more reading on Cicero and Atticus. Hugely recommend this.
I have read three books by Robert Harris recently; this one, Pompeii and Enigma. Notwithstanding anything I might have found previously to say about his works, one thing I have to give him is that the man does his research quiet well. He does not rely on heavy words like some authors to veil an othe...
While no scholar of the Republic era, I enjoyed this portrayal of the lawyer Cicero and the Roman Republic, and am looking forward to the following volumes. The reading of Simon Jones was a definite plus.
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