"Libraries aren't supermarkets; they're places of cultural importance, where magic happens and where dreams begin. Or at least they should be" - Ann Cleeves.It is possible to step empty-handed into a library, and find fragments and pieces of your soul among the endless bookshelves. It happened to me...
Rubicon - Triumph Tragedy Roman Republic - Tom HollandRead by Steven Crossley | 13 cds | 15.7 hrs | unabridged | Clipper Audio | 2005 42 mp3 0101 _ Clipper Audio _ Rubicon, Last Years of the Roman Republic _ Tom Holland0102 _ Preface _ 49 BC _ Narrated by Steven Crossley0103 _ Preface _ The Die is C...
Soy de la clase de persona a la que no hay que decirle cuán importante es una biblioteca. Tristemente no tengo una historia atesorada de cómo tenía una bella biblioteca en mi vecindario y una bibliotecaria amigable como cómplice en mi formación literaria. La biblioteca de mi zona era pequeña y antic...
Dedication: For Jamie and CarolineMaps and a timeline, foot notes, diagrams and glossy colour photographs. Timeline (very useful), Notes, Bibliography, Index. Excellent readListen now to a further point: no living thingHas a beginning, nor does it end in death and obliteration;There is only a mixing...
The figure of the brooding, Byronic hero and that of the vampire found their places in English literature at around the same time, both as part of the Romantic movement of the late 18th-early 19th centuries. One of the first vampire stories written in English was in fact composed by Dr. Polidori, th...
I’ve just finished reading Attis, by Tom Holland and I’m rather impressed and a little enchanted. Attis is an intriguing and masterly blend of historical and fantasy fiction in which the Late Roman Republic of Catullus is transformed into a nebulously modern-day city, in which Pompey as President an...
A very good look at the final century of the Roman Republic, and a good companion volume to McCullough's Masters of Rome series, to fill in the blanks. Lots of maps, two inserts of black and white photos, timeline, bibliography and index. Longer review forthcoming.For the complete review, please go ...
Some people call Tom Holland a crappy pop historian. The issue here is that for many historical events, there are questions about veracity or motive or what really went down. Guys like Holland will take the most exciting of the possible truths and go with that; thus, Nero put Christians in cages a...
Fascinating bit of history on the Roman empire. Was long but the story telling was very good and read like a work of fiction. Had a hard time putting it down.
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