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<p>[QUOTE="OutsiderSubtype, post: 4900545, member: 112457"]There are many good suggestions already in this thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>I echo the praise of Ruth Downie and Lindsey Davis for lighthearted Roman murder mysteries. They could very well be what you want, nothing like a good murder to get you through quarantine!</p><p><br /></p><p>The <i>Circe</i> book by Madeline Miller is one of the most fun reads I've had in a long time. It's a wonderful take on the myths that is true to the original stories but also has a very modern perspective.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Robert Graves books are of course all time classics of English literature, and the Colleen McCullough books are good too. I will say this though - both authors should be read with an understanding of their personal lives and the politics of their times. </p><p>Robert Graves for example had extreme difficulties with the women in his life which shows through in the Claudius books.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of other fiction suggestions:</p><p><br /></p><p>The Irish author Colm Tóibín reimagined the story of Clytemnestra in <i>House of Names</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>The Eagle of the Ninth</i> by Rosemary Sutcliff, and most of her other historical books. They're sort of children's literature, but only in the same way<i> The Hobbit</i> or <i>Treasure Island</i> are. They're worth reading for adults who haven't read them before. </p><p><br /></p><p>The alternate history writer Harry Turtledove wrote some non-alternate history historical fiction under the name H.N. Turtletaub. In particular, <i>Justinian</i> is an "autobiography" of the Byzantine emperor Justinian II and is quite good. He also wrote a series of novels about two Hellenistic-era Greek merchants but those aren't quite as good in my opinion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="OutsiderSubtype, post: 4900545, member: 112457"]There are many good suggestions already in this thread. I echo the praise of Ruth Downie and Lindsey Davis for lighthearted Roman murder mysteries. They could very well be what you want, nothing like a good murder to get you through quarantine! The [I]Circe[/I] book by Madeline Miller is one of the most fun reads I've had in a long time. It's a wonderful take on the myths that is true to the original stories but also has a very modern perspective. The Robert Graves books are of course all time classics of English literature, and the Colleen McCullough books are good too. I will say this though - both authors should be read with an understanding of their personal lives and the politics of their times. Robert Graves for example had extreme difficulties with the women in his life which shows through in the Claudius books. Here are a couple of other fiction suggestions: The Irish author Colm Tóibín reimagined the story of Clytemnestra in [I]House of Names[/I]. [I]The Eagle of the Ninth[/I] by Rosemary Sutcliff, and most of her other historical books. They're sort of children's literature, but only in the same way[I] The Hobbit[/I] or [I]Treasure Island[/I] are. They're worth reading for adults who haven't read them before. The alternate history writer Harry Turtledove wrote some non-alternate history historical fiction under the name H.N. Turtletaub. In particular, [I]Justinian[/I] is an "autobiography" of the Byzantine emperor Justinian II and is quite good. He also wrote a series of novels about two Hellenistic-era Greek merchants but those aren't quite as good in my opinion.[/QUOTE]
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