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Message:: [QUOTE="kirispupis, post: 7928079, member: 118780"]I started reading this one recently, since I picked up a coin of Memnon of Rhodes. [ATTACH=full]1370312[/ATTACH] Here's the coin (yes, I just realized I need to brighten the photo). [ATTACH=full]1370318[/ATTACH] To be honest, I'm not a fan of the book so far. The dialog just doesn't sound natural, nor typical of the times. Every character also sounds the same and there's a lot of "historical even dropping." That's a bit hard to describe, but I would expect that were I dropped somewhere in Asia Minor during the time of Philip II, and I were to walk down the street, I would probably do so uneventfully. I wouldn't be confronted with every historic event of the period just like today - you can walk down a random street and odds are you won't witness someone dropping dead of Covid, a shooting, or a political rally. I'm tempted to just put it aside, but I'm continuing only because I'm anxious to learn more about this period in time. The best book I've read so far about this period is this one.[ATTACH=full]1370327[/ATTACH] It's non-fiction, but gripping. The only odd thing is IMHO it would make a great drinking game - every time he says "Eumenes." As an aside, it's my dream to someday write a series based on this period. I've mentioned that as a goal to my wife when we retire in a few years, with the prerequisites that I'd have to first learn Greek, and travel to the areas of most of the scenes (with the possible exception of Babylon depending on the political situation). She's all for the sites in Greece and Turkey, but a bit apprehensive that I'd insist on seeing Susa as well.[/QUOTE]

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