Imperium: A Review by Mary Harrsch- November 20, 2006 By Mary Harrsch Well, I just finished listening to "Imperium" by Robert Harris. Once more, Harris delves into the inner workings of the Roman Empire only this time, he retreats back to the Republican era and creates a fictional biography of Marcus Tullius Cicero as seen through the eyes of his slave secreatary, Tiro. Since I was originally seduced into my passion for learning about the Roman Empire by Colleen McCullough and her "Masters of Rome" series of novels, I naturally began this...http://uoregon.edu/~mharrsch/2006/11/imperium-review-by-mary-harrsch.html Virgil rediscovered -A review by Thomas Cahill- November 20, 2006 Los Angeles Times : "A new edition of 'The Aeneid,' Virgil's imperial masterpiece, has arrived just as the whole world is witnessing the stress fractures in our own imperial enterprise. And I'm here to report that it is magnificent. When you are faced with something incredibly complex yet beautifully simple, you must bow your head before inexplicable greatness. That's the case with Robert Fagles' translation.But to leave it at that is still a dishonor to his accomplishment. One must say more:...http://uoregon.edu/~mharrsch/2006/11/virgil-rediscovered-review-by-thomas.html The Isle of Stone: A Novel of Ancient Sparta: Books: Nicholas Nicastro- November 6, 2006 Amazon.com: "It is a tale of two cities--the legendary duel between haughty, democratic Athens and brutal, unbeaten Sparta. After seven years of bloody conflict, a barren island in a remote corner of Greece becomes the stage for what promises to become a second Thermopylae. Four hundred Spartan soldiers are cut off by enemy ships on a narrow strip of land, starving, without supplies, yet sworn to uphold their indomitable heritage. Meanwhile, all around them, the powerful Athenian Navy masses...http://uoregon.edu/~mharrsch/2006/11/isle-of-stone-novel-of-ancient-sparta.html |