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... is one of my favorite books, so I already knew the basics of Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, etc. What happened after? Twelve Caesars answered that question, so I enjoyed it. It was surprisingly readable for such an old work, too. Suetonius must've been a pretty astute guy. Too bad about Cla ... The Twelve Caesars by Michael Grant
The Lost Towns and Roads of America by J. R. Humphreys ... Pompadour: Mistress of France, Christine Pevitt Algrant
2-2. Mao: The Unknown Story, Jung Chang
2-3. Twelve Caesars, Suetonius
2-4. Andrew Carnegie, David Nasaw
2-5. Catherine de Medici; Renaissance Queen of France, Leonie Frieda
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2-7. ... ... misplaced the book for three months! Now I'm back in it and really enjoying it.
#76 - Funny, I felt the same way about The Twelve Caesars. It was really engaging, but at the end I fell I hadn't retained much of it. ... through Genius by William Dunham.
Then, at work, through the mail I received a complimentary copy of the new Twelve Lives of the Caesars by Suetonius. Free book - yay!
... in Exile
C: The Dictionary of Global Culture
CR: Chivalry
CT: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
DG: The Twelve Caesars
DT: Sundiata
DU: The Tiwi of North Australia
GA: Maps and Their Makers
GE: global change and the earth system
HX -- The Angel and the Serpen ... How about Tacitus' Annals, Suetonius' Lives of the Caesars, and Robert Graves' I, Claudius? January-May continued
(I needed to check whether I was doing the touchstones right)
8. The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius
9. Sick Caesars by Michael Grant
10. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
11. Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
These were all re-rea ... The Twelve Caesars
Ancient Rome On Five Denarii A Day
The Five Ages Of The Universe: Inside The Physics Of Eternity
The Fifty Minute Hour: A Collection Of Psychoanalytic Tales
Thirteen Moons: A Novel ... Lane Fox
A one volume history of Greece and Rome, hopefully not too heavy. LibraryThing didn't want to link to it.
The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius
Of all the history books by Greek and Roman authors, this one sounded like the most entertaining.
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The Arabian Nights aka 1001 ... ... - I figure that since I'm studying Classics I should at least make a nominal effort to include a couple on my list :)
Lives of the Twelve Caesars
The Classical World: An Epic History of Greece and Rome - also already started, but barely ... it has been mentioned yet, although I may have missed it. Also its sequel, Claudius the God. It is based on Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars, which my father (a tremendous historical fiction fan) says is very readable, sort of like reading the National Enquirer's version of Roman history.
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