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Year of Ravens: A Novel of Boudica's Rebellion | Ruth Downie, Eliza Knight, Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, Simon Turney, Russell Whitfield, Vicky Alvear
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Here‘s the map showing the Roman names of places in Great Britain. #authoramonth #litsyatoz #letterY @Soubhiville

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Year of Ravens: A Novel of Boudica's Rebellion | Ruth Downie, Eliza Knight, Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, Simon Turney, Russell Whitfield, Vicky Alvear
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This will be my first book for #authoramonth (Kate Quinn wrote Part 6) and #litsyatoz #letterY. @Soubhiville

kspenmoll This sounds fascinating! Stacked! 1d
Soubhiville Oh interesting, I have never heard of this. Hope you like it! 1d
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iread2much
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Mehso-so

The narrator of this edition has a very nice voice - relaxing but not sleep inducing. I don‘t want to hold this book to modern expectations- it‘s two hundred years old. I appreciated learning more about important female figures such as Xenobia, even if the writing was condescending. I think the author had the empire last longer in his history than it actually did.
2/5 stars listen rather than read this for a classic historical work

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Super_Jane
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Pickpick

3.75/5 🌕🌕🌕🌖🌑

#history #nonfiction #rome #roman #emperor

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bunneeboy
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Pickpick

Who‘s laughing now?…

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bunneeboy
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Pickpick

A survivor‘s story…

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Kar2b
Household Gods | Harry Turtledove, Judith Tarr
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Mehso-so

Interesting premise and I liked reading how ancient Romans lived, the public baths, the smell (omg, the smell - you could practically experience it coming off the pages with the descriptions), disease and war. Too bad the main character was so unlikeable. She had her own morals, like no drinking, no spanking children, etc., but then would give into them, almost like, “Oh well, when in Rome…” Ending felt flat and predictable too.

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deirdrebeecher
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Panpan

I was enjoying this book up to a point, a Gaulish warrior traveling through Caesar's Rome to Persia. The perspective was interesting. I felt like it was going to be a solid rec for people who love Shogun etc.

Then it got to Greece and the portrayal of two young teens sexuality was deeply horrible. It's a subject that takes a delicate hand, but this went somewhere beyond being clumsy, into territory that I found deeply repulsive.

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Bookwomble
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“There is in fact no way of correcting wrongdoing in those who think that the height of virtue consists in the execution of their will.”

"Sovereign power is nothing if it does not care for the welfare of others, and...it is the task of a good ruler to keep his power in check, to resist the passions of unbridled desire and implacable rage."

Bookwomble Just leaving a couple of quotes here from late Roman historian, Ammianus, for any soon-to-be world leaders who may happen to be scrolling past 🧐🍊
Ammianus was alive, though over 1000 miles away, during the Great Conspiracy to overrun Britannia in 367, which is the setting of the tagged book I'm reading, and I'm interested in reading his original account (but, tsundoku 😒📚).
4mo
Ruthiella The more things change, the more they stay the same. 😖 4mo
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bunneeboy
The Twelve Caesars | Suetonius
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It‘s good to be the King!…
…until it isn‘t.