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Message:: [QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4085694, member: 110350"][USER=44132]@Bing[/USER], you're the second person who's mentioned the Vespasian books by Robert Fabbri, so I may have to give them a try -- even though it's apparently a 9-book commitment, and it takes that long for him to become the Emperor! If you haven't read Harry Sidebottom's books, I do highly recommend them. They take place during the 3rd century AD, from the beginning of the reign of Maximinus Thrax up to Gallienus (so far), an era which is extremely unusual for novels about ancient Rome to cover. Much like you, I probably read 150 or so books a year. mostly fiction, and rarely go to movies anymore.  I used to be very much anti-ebook myself, but ordered a couple when I was ill and bored about a year ago, and haven't stopped.  The potential for immediate gratification is just too great!  Plus, I seem to read novels faster that way.  I still generally prefer actual hard-copy books for non-fiction, though, especially anything where the illustrations are important (like books about history or art or archaeology). In terms of the Viking age, I've read and liked the books on that era by Gilles Kristian and Robert Low -- the latter of whom has recently turned to writing books about ancient Rome himself, it seems.  Of course, the best novel about Vikings ever is The Long Ships, by Frans G. Bengtsson.  (The old movie with Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier doesn't even begin to compare!)[/QUOTE]