Whenever I would mention I was reading this book, the response was pretty much the same: amazing book! Such a great book! oohh, I read it when I was kid and I loved it! The story is very interesting from historical, sociological, and even scientific point of view. Amazing the work behind from t...
خيلي كتاب خوبي بود . بازي زندگي هميشه يكي بوده .از اغاز تا پايان.در خيلي قسمت ها حرف هاي سينوهه را با افكار خودم در يك راستا مي ديدم . بعد از خواندن كتاب احساس كردم كه دلم براي سينوهه خيلي تنگ ميشه.خيلي زياد. طرز فكر سينوهه خيلي با طرز فكر اطرافيانش متفاوت بوده . دقيقا همون چيزي كه در مورد من صا...
Excellent historical novel -- the fictional memoir of a Roman patrician, written for his son. It spans many decades: from Emperor Claudius's reign until Domitian.The hero fights with the II Legion in Brittania. His loves, his stint as beastmaster for the arena, government positions and postings t...
My comments on this book must be prefaced by two caveats. First, I am reading a translation from the 1950s (by Evelyn Ramsden), which I suspect would benefit from being updated. Second, it seems that this translation has drastically slashed the length of the original novel, resulting in a story t...