I, Virgil

Fantastic fiction: Publius Vergilius, known as Virgil, was born in a ditch near Mantua. Not always a heroic figure, Virgil was a scholar, visionary and author of the epic, "The Aeneid". This bawdy tragi-comedy is the tale of a brilliant man struggling to follow his muse in a turbulent period of history.

Quite interesting, especially the last few chapters dealing with the Aeneid, but this lacked a certain sparkle for me. ( )