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Gary Corby
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Something odd happened last night. As of a few hours ago, 350,000 different people have visited this web site.
That's 350K as measured by unique internet address. My regular readers probably use several different addresses, but since we've crossed by a thousand or so it probably comes out in the wash.
I never guessed when I started that it would get so much attention. I thought a few history nerd... Read more of this blog post »
That's 350K as measured by unique internet address. My regular readers probably use several different addresses, but since we've crossed by a thousand or so it probably comes out in the wash.
I never guessed when I started that it would get so much attention. I thought a few history nerd... Read more of this blog post »
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The Pericles Commission
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The Ionia Sanction
— published 2011 — 9 editions |
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Sacred Games
— published 2013 — 3 editions |
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Sacred Games: A Mystery of Ancient Greece
— published 2013 |
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Sacred Games: A Mystery of Ancient Greece
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Multiple-choice quiz drawn from characters, setting, and incidents in The Ionia Sanction, book #2 of Gary Corby's Athenian Mysteries series set in the fifth-century BCE.
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“Back in the days when gladiators hacked away at each other, there was always the man who decided whether the defeated should live or die. The job is usually given to the Emperor in movies, but in fact any senior man could have been the designated thumbs-up-thumbs-down guy.
The official title for this fellow was...the editor. (evil laughter in background)”
― Gary Corby
The official title for this fellow was...the editor. (evil laughter in background)”
― Gary Corby
“A dead man fell from the sky, landing at my feet with a thud.”
― Gary Corby, The Pericles Commission
― Gary Corby, The Pericles Commission
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“A dead man fell from the sky, landing at my feet with a thud.”
― Gary Corby, The Pericles Commission
― Gary Corby, The Pericles Commission
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― Gary Corby
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