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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting to know that so much of what has become a standard, modern belief regarding the lives of so many ancient, historical figures have come from the writings of one man.  Hmmmmm...who is this Plutarch?  He writes about people who lived hundreds of years before him.  It's all just hearsay real...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45761059">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read the sections about Cicero and Cleopatra. This is an ancient Roman version of <em> People Magazine</em>.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Antony and Cleopatra much more tragic and human that Romeo and Juliet as THE great mismatched lover story.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Definitely worth a read.  I have a hard back, leather bound copy.]]></body>
    
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