Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae656 reviews Steven Pressfield Bantam, 2005 Buy this book!!! + Fine historical novel + Captivating! + A Great Great Read             Here Be Dragons153 reviews Sharon Kay Penman Ballantine Books, 1993 Welsh storytelling at its most beautiful + what can i say? + WOW! What a Book! + Sharron does it again + Great Reading, history comes to life             Gertrude and Claudius40 reviews John Updike Ballantine Books, 2001 After this enchanting fanfiction, 'Hamlet' will never be the same again! + Updike Transfigures Literature's most Scandalous Love Affair + Interesting angle on Shakespeare's characters 'Gertrude and Claudius' is the only Updike novel I've ever read, so I came to it with no preconceptions about his work. However, I am a long-term 'Hamlet' fan, and so I was intrigued to see what he had done by refocusing the story upon the doomed Queen and her second husband. It is delightful! I ...             The Grass Crown (Masters of Rome)43 reviews Colleen McCullough Arrow Books Ltd, 2003 Still More Addictive than Crack Cocaine + Marius and Sulla, the Clash of Two Leaders. + Being There + Superior Follow-Up To The First Man In Rome             Pawn in Frankincense: Fourth in the Legendary Lymond Chronicles25 reviews Dorothy Dunnett Vintage, 1997 Lymond Series No 4: DO NOT READ THIS ONE FIRST + Wonderful + Book #4 in the Lymond Chronicles and a definite WOW book + Pawn In Frankincense Review + missing something?             The Traitor's Wife: A Novel of the Reign of Edward II27 reviews Susan Higginbotham iUniverse Star, 2007 Well-written and compelling + A sympathetic view of The Despensers + The Traitors Wife + Plantagenets Behaving Badly             Song of Troy23 reviews Colleen McCullough ORION PAPERBACKS, 1999 A Compelling Read + Not First Man in Rome, but intriguing + These dudes were cool Colleen McCullough was born in Australia. A neurophysicist, she established the department of neurophysiology at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney She then worked as a researcher and teacher at Yale Medical School for ten years. She is the author of the record-breaking international ...             The Fencing Master97 reviews Arturo Perez-Reverte Harvest Books, 2004 A Splendid Performance. + An excellent character study; a less satisfying mystery + Honor and intrigue! + The fencing master             Enemy of God (The Arthur Books #2)58 reviews Bernard Cornwell St. Martin's Griffin, 1998 Excellent twist on Arthurian legend + Arthur Book + So continues Derfel's tale of Arthur... + #2 in The Arthur Trilogy + Great read             Scaramouche38 reviews Rafael Sabatini Signet Classics, 2001 Superb Romantic Fiction + The genesis of adventure! + Funny Name, Great Read + a well told story + One of the best books written             Flashman: A Novel (Flashman)92 reviews George MacDonald Fraser Plume, 1984 Excellent read + Flashman! + Flashman, an honest coward + A "hero's" self deprecation always entertains + The Adventure Begins...             Sharpe's Enemy (Richard Sharpe's Adventure Series #6)15 reviews Bernard Cornwell Penguin Group, 2001 Sharpe clashes with Hakeswille and the French in the Spanish mountains + A harrowing mission to rescue hostages from depraved deserters + On point + One of my favorite in the Sharpe series + A Great Series             The Sea-Hawk14 reviews Rafael Sabatini W. W. Norton & Company, 2002 Action from cover to cover + I enjoyed this book + First rate swashbuckler! + Escape Into Fascinating Characters             Captain Alatriste69 reviews Arturo Perez-Reverte Putnam Adult, 2005 a spanish swashbuckler + A Fun Romp Through 17th Century Spain For lovers of the Three Musketeers, here is a modern Spanish version, the first of a series. The historical detail is wonderful, the characters compelling and it did remind me of one of those 19th century romances I loved so much as a teenager. Why not five stars? A certain dryness and lack of ...             The Master of Verona36 reviews David Blixt St. Martin's Press, 2007 Captivating and Inspired: You will love this book! + So that's why they hate each other... + An intelligent look at how it all could have happened. + Sheer Magic!             Under the Eagle: A Tale of Military Adventure and Reckless Heroism with the Roman Legions57 reviews Simon Scarrow St. Martin's Griffin, 2002 VERY good book + Pullo and Vorenus reborn + Under the Eagle + Under the Eagle             Hms Surprise51 reviews Patrick O'Brian Firebird Distributing, 1997 Patrick O'Brian Fan... + HMS Surpise + O'Brian paints a world that shrinks to the deck and rigging of a ridiculously small ship on a vast deserted ocean + Good Solid Addition to the Series + One of the best of the series             Roman Blood: A Novel of Ancient Rome (Novels of Ancient Rome)75 reviews Steven Saylor St. Martin's Minotaur, 2000 A Masterful re-creation of Ancient Rome + Rome, 80 B.C.E. + Exacting detail of Ancient Rome + Diverting Read Set in the Dying Days of the Roman Empire + Pleasantly entertaning read, spoiled by tacked-on and utterly unconvincing ending             Race of Scorpions8 reviews Dorothy Dunnett Vintage, 1999 my review + Discovering Niccolo + Race of Scorpions,Historical Fiction + Dunnett takes on Cyprus + an exquisite tale of power             Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae656 reviews Steven Pressfield Bantam, 2005 Buy this book!!! + Fine historical novel + Captivating! + A Great Great Read