This book changed my lifeThe Goat writes, "Some books have made a huge impact on my life." It's true. It wasn't until the b3ta mods read the Flashman novels that we changed from mild-mannered computer operators into heavily-whiskered copulators, poltroons and all round bastards in a well-known cavalry regiment.
What books have changed the way you think, the way you live, or just gave you a rollicking good time?
Friendly hint: A bit of background rather than just a bunch of book titles would make your stories more readable
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chthonic, Thu 15 May 2008, 15:11)
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FalcoI used to read the Falco books, but got bored with them. These ones are set in Rome about a century earlier, are more `grown up' and generally less jokey, although there is humour in them.
The fascinating thing for me is the way historical figures are fleshed out, with the author using biographies and as little inferernce as possible. Sulla and Pompey are generals gone to seed and dangerous to cross. Cicero starts off as a young, idealistic lawyer and gradually turns into the arrogant tosser we all know and love. Catiline is a charismatic rabble rouser who meets a distinctly sticky end.
It's by Steven Saylor - I can't recommend these books highly enough.
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