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I have read a fair bit of Saylor's work and enjoy it immensely. This book, however, isn't his best. 'Murder in the Appian Way' is. There were moments in this one when I really began to feel invested in both character and plot. However, there were too many moments of 'tell' and not enough 'show'. I have read Cicero's 'in Carolinam' speeches quite closely as I have had to teach them. Whilst Saylor has done a reasonable job paraphrasing them in the context of Catiline's plot, they're too static and
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Oct 18, 2009
Vicki Cline
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Gordianus' friend Lucius Claudius has died and left Gordianus his farm north of Rome. He thinks he can escape the intrigue and violence of Rome by becoming a farmer, but is persuaded to play host to Catilina because Cicero wants to keep tabs on him. When a couple of headless corpses show up on the farm, Gordianus realizes he can't really escape Rome - it's everywhere. Catilina comes off as a rather sympathetic character, and we don't ever really know if he was the wild revolutionary Cicero accus
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I have an only slightly-secret love for the mysteries of Steven Saylor set in ancient Rome. They're always fun, and often a little educational as well. Saylor's take on the Catilinarian conspiracy is worth reading.
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Aug 25, 2015
Simon Binning
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it was amazing
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