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Recently i was blessed with the opportunity to go back to school as an adult.
The story centers around melon, a boeotian farmer, as he wrestles with the conflicting emotions of wanting to stay out of the f... Read More
I enjoyed challenging myself with the greek names and writing.
I strongly disagree with the reviewer who says that hanson lacks the talents of a novelist.
Packaging/appearance
The writing in this novel takes me back to the translations of homer in the 'illiad.
Competitiveness
), where the feared spartan army gets its comeuppance after centuries of dominance.
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novel, greek, historical, ancient and good. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 99 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 5 2021.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The author has been to greece and long studied the ancient greek way of life
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Hansons novel is worthy of the highest praise which one can bestow upon historical fiction for many reasons but the foremost reason is that at times it ascends to and replicates the majesty of good translations of homer
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Its great to read a historical novel written by scholar rather than something by a screen play writer hoping to flog the movie rights
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
While some reviewers have complained about the actual style of writing in fact it only gives more authenticity to the narrative reminiscent of the writings of ancient greek authors
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Im kind of startled reading the reviews that said that this book was difficult to read because i found a pleasant and enjoyable read
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The only difficulty i had was that i didnt know the detailed geography of southern greece so i spent a fair amount of time looking at the map online so as to follow the events in the book
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Hanson is a wellknown political commentator who is always worth reading but his background is as a military and classical historian
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But i knew little about the period when sparta ceased to be a major factor perhaps because as hanson points out many of the histories of that era have been lost
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