arnold@gatech.UUCP (Arnold Robbins) (03/01/84)
A good author of historical novels is James A. Michener. He likes to tell
a story in great depth, starting at the "beginning" and going up to the
present day. Some examples:
Hawaii (sp?) --- history of Hawaii
Chesapeake --- the Chesapeake bay area
The Source --- Palestine/Fertile Crescent, up to Modern Israel
as well as others. Apparently just about all his novels are in this vain.
They are very good reading. I found it very hard to put down any of his books
that I've read, while I was reading them.
All opinions are my own, please don't flame just if you disagree.....
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Did'ja ever have one of those re-incarnations?sebb@pyuxss.UUCP (S Badian) (03/02/84)
Two historical novels that I recommend highly are I, Claudius and Claudius the King both by Robert Graves. The BBC series I, Claudius was roughly based on these two books. They had to cut a bit out of the books for the series. The books are great--a lot of intrigue, backstabbing and the like. It's kind of like a soap opera set in Imperial Rome. They're lots of fun to read. Sharon Badian
flinn@seismo.UUCP (E. A. Flinn) (03/04/84)
That's Claudius the God, not Claudius the King. Another historical novel by Robert Graves that is worth reading (whether or not you agree with his premise about Jesus's parentage) is King Jesus.
jrh@hou5g.UUCP (John Hutchinson) (03/07/84)
The title of the second Claudius book is "Claudius the God", not
"Claudius the King" as a previous article stated. Both Claudius books
are excellent, as are all the books of Graves. I especially liked
"Goodbye to All That", about life in England and Europe in the 1920s
and '30s. Graves also writes poetry, which has been published by
Penguin in anthology form.
Last I heard, Graves was alive and living in Majorca. Does anyone
know if this is still the case?
John Hutchinson
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