Book recommendations...

Posted by: Voltaire on 13 June 2009

The previous thread 'what book are you reading' has been closed but may I please recommend this book...?

I am not even going to spoil it with a spoiler...well worth a read imho and I read a lot.

Posted on: 05 February 2010 by mongo

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Originally posted by stephenjohn:
PS I just ordered the Caesar recommendation. Thanks Mongo

Hi Stephen, I'm sure you'll enjoy it, I've read it twice and will do again in a year or so.

This is the book that has kick started a long term foray into history that I'd not encountered before. Any Roman history I knew was of the timid , rather lame kind they teach in secondary schools from time to time.

Since this book however I've gone on to a further dozen and there are no signs of a let up yet. I've dipped into Greek ancient history too and it's awash with utter fascination and wonderful characters along with a view of times entirely different to our own but peopled with all the same human bizarreness. Quite entrancing.

Regards, Paul.

Posted on: 05 February 2010 by Haim Ronen

Reading it for the third time. One of Le Carre's first novels (written in 1965) and definitely one of his best.