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Paul Waters (1)

Autore di Of Merchants and Heroes

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3 opere 152 membri 11 recensioni

Opere di Paul Waters

Of Merchants and Heroes (2008) 90 copie
Cast Not the Day (2009) 40 copie
The Philosopher Prince (2010) 22 copie

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Sesso
male
Nazionalità
UK
Luogo di residenza
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Agente
Jonathan Pegg

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A compliment: very Mary Renaultesque in the ancient Greek/Roman subject along with the treatment of male/male love, here written about tastefully where it so easily could have been crude. I enjoyed this readable, engrossing novel; even writing style seemed very similar to Ms. Renault's.

In the 3rd century BC, Marcus, a young Roman, travels with his father; they are captured by pirates and his father sacrifices his life to save that of Marcus. Marcus then lives with his uncle, a greedy, selfish merchant, who marries Marcus's mother and gains control of the family estate near Praeneste. Marcus is adopted by his uncle and is disgusted by the man's grossness and concern with money and his petty affairs. Marcus swears revenge on the pirate. Will this come to pass? Marcus and a Greek athlete, Menexenos, meet and become close. We see how Marcus matures in the novel from boy to man, over a period of years. Everything is here: love, hate, gentleness, warfare [with Philip V of Macedonia], even philosophy and wisdom put in the mouth of the common sense Menexenos and of the Roman Titus Quinctius.
Although the particular love theme made me uneasy, I appreciate the quality of this story and recommend it.
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janerawoof | 4 altre recensioni | Mar 10, 2015 |
finally got around to finishing this. Roman Britain near the end of the roman empire. interesting, but not in the same class as Pressfield or Renault.....
 
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viking2917 | 3 altre recensioni | Dec 8, 2014 |
The story of Drusus and Marcellus continues in Gaul as they join the newly appointed Caesar, Julian.

A disappointingly run of the mill story which I just didn't feel any involvement with
 
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Robertgreaves | 1 altra recensione | Jul 2, 2013 |
Coming of age story of Drusus, who has to go to live with his uncle in 4th century London after his father becomes a victim of the power struggles after the death of Constantine.

Drusus is a great character, clinging to the sense of duty and courage instilled in him by his father and his tutor. I could wish the other characters had been more nuanced. Basically, pagan land-owning aristocrats good; merchants and Christian clergy and their followers bad.
 
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Robertgreaves | 3 altre recensioni | Jun 30, 2013 |

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Statistiche

Opere
3
Utenti
152
Popolarità
#137,198
Voto
½ 3.7
Recensioni
11
ISBN
29
Lingue
2

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