ancient antiquity

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52 reviews
Iris Johansen

St. Martin's Press, 2007

Pandora's Daughter
Pandora's Daughter is my favorite of Iris Johansen's novels. It was absolutely phenomenal. Megan Blair is a very interesting character. I can't wait to see more of her in Johansen's future books.

Pandora's Daughter

52 reviews
Iris Johansen

St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2008

Pandora's Daughter
Pandora's Daughter is my favorite of Iris Johansen's novels. It was absolutely phenomenal. Megan Blair is a very interesting character. I can't wait to see more of her in Johansen's future books.

Pandora's Daughter Large Print Edition

1 review
Iris Johansen

St. Martin's Press, 2007

Pandora's Daughter
I love Iris Johansen - this book did not let me down. Fun read - I finished it in a day.

Pandora's Daughters: The Role and Status of Women in Greek and Roman Antiquity (Ancient Society and History)

2 reviews
Eva Cantarella

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986

interesting but biased collection
This collection of articles by some of the leading scholars on women in antiquity discusses a wide range of topics and covers a good deal of time. However, I got the impression that each scholar shares similar biases, that women were viewed negatively by their society. While this may or may not be true, it would have been nice to have this view proved and not merely assumed.

Death of a Mother: Daughters' Stories

Pandora Press, 1995

The Samurai's Daughter

18 reviews
Sujata Massey

HarperCollins, 2003

As much a novel as a mystery
This book is a bit slower-paced than some of Massey's other works (and I've read all of the series). The subject matter took center stage in this book, and probably rightly so, since the subject was Japanese war crimes during WWII, particularly the issue of reparations for the so-called "comfort women," very young woman of other Asian countries, who were forced to "service" Japanese soldiers or ...