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<p>[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 3208940, member: 82616"]Personally, I've never been able to get into Davis' books. Her use of anachronistic dialogue ruined the atmosphere for me and abruptly takes me back to the modern era. </p><p><br /></p><p>Conversely, the author Caroline Lawrence has written a wonderful series of mystery novels set in the Flavian era called <i>The Roman Mysteries. </i>Aimed at middle school kids, her series of books tackles many adult subjects and is not dumbed down at all and can be appreciated by older readers. As a matter of fact, #8 in the series <i>The Gladiators From Capua </i>has one of the best descriptions I have ever read about the opening games of the Colosseum ... in all its bloody and gory detail.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I type this, I'm about to read Lawrence's second series of Roman books titled <i>The Roman Quests</i> set in the final years of Domitian's reign. I just got the first instalment in the post today.</p><p><br /></p><p>If kids books are not your cup of tea, try these fictional Flavian era gems. All of them are excellent.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Domitia and Domitian </i>- David Corson</p><p><i>Nero's Heirs - </i>Allan Massie (Year of the Four Emperors)</p><p><i>The Antagonists </i>- Ernest Gann (Masada)</p><p><i>Pompeii </i>- Robert Harris</p><p><i>The Light Bearer - </i>Donna Gillespie (Domitian's Chattian War)</p><p><br /></p><p>Happy reading![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 3208940, member: 82616"]Personally, I've never been able to get into Davis' books. Her use of anachronistic dialogue ruined the atmosphere for me and abruptly takes me back to the modern era. Conversely, the author Caroline Lawrence has written a wonderful series of mystery novels set in the Flavian era called [I]The Roman Mysteries. [/I]Aimed at middle school kids, her series of books tackles many adult subjects and is not dumbed down at all and can be appreciated by older readers. As a matter of fact, #8 in the series [I]The Gladiators From Capua [/I]has one of the best descriptions I have ever read about the opening games of the Colosseum ... in all its bloody and gory detail. As I type this, I'm about to read Lawrence's second series of Roman books titled [I]The Roman Quests[/I] set in the final years of Domitian's reign. I just got the first instalment in the post today. If kids books are not your cup of tea, try these fictional Flavian era gems. All of them are excellent. [I]Domitia and Domitian [/I]- David Corson [I]Nero's Heirs - [/I]Allan Massie (Year of the Four Emperors) [I]The Antagonists [/I]- Ernest Gann (Masada) [I]Pompeii [/I]- Robert Harris [I]The Light Bearer - [/I]Donna Gillespie (Domitian's Chattian War) Happy reading![/QUOTE]
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