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Chronicles of Ancient Darkness #3: Soul Eater (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness) 9 reviews Michelle Paver
Katherine Tegen Books, 2007
Great Series
+ Great book + awesome + Chronicles of Ancient Darkness + In the great forests of ancient times, Torak and his friend, Renn, once again hunt.
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Detectives in Togas 35 reviews Henry Winterfeld
Odyssey Classics, 2002
Excellent book for reading aloud!
+ Don't judge a book by the teacher who assigned it + As good as I remembered it + great product + Recommend
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Brigid's Cloak: An Ancient Irish Story 3 reviews Bryce Milligan
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2005
A compassionate and charming story
+ Great story~ + The story of Saint Brigid of Ireland and her blue cloak
Brigid's Cloak: An Ancient Irish Story is the tale of one of Ireland's beloved saints, who receives a wondrous blue cloak as a little girl. Years later, she is still wearing the now-ragged cloak as fate and wonder lead her to a crowded inn within the town of Bethlehem, where she meets the baby ...
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Dream-of-Jade: The Emperor's Cat 3 reviews Lloyd Alexander
Cricket Books, 2005
Purrfect!
+ One Emperor + one wise cat = 1 terrific friendship + * Delightful IRONY from the Ancients is Uncomfortably Contemporary *
Dream-of-Jade is a fabulous and fantastic story that emphasizes kindness, generosity, diplomacy, and common sense. The setting is beautiful, the characters are delightful, and nestled throughout the stories are bits of humor, pieces of irony, and the occasional new vocabulary word. Mr. Alexander's ...
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Roma: The Novel of Ancient Rome 65 reviews Steven Saylor
St. Martin's Press, 2007
Great Roman history
+ Fictional Rome Coupled with Historical Rome + epic story! + Awesome Book
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God King: A Story in the Days of King Hezekiah (Living History Library) 6 reviews Joanne Williamson, Daria M. Sockey
Bethlehem Books, 2002
By a ten year old boy
+ Excellent historical fiction + Wonderful Historical Fiction + Christian homeschooling parents and kids loved it! + Great Historical Fiction for Parents and Children
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The Bronze Bow 95 reviews Elizabeth George Speare
Sandpiper, 1997
Even better the second time around!
+ Deeply moving and powerful adventure + Only one of my favorite books + 5 stars is not enough! + planning to read it again
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Roman Mysteries #1: Thieves of Ostia (Roman Mysteries) 22 reviews Caroline Lawrence
Puffin, 2004
The best history book ever!
+ theves of ostia + An Engaging Mystery + Entertaining and Educational
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Wisdom's Daughter : A Novel of Solomon and Sheba 12 reviews India Edghill, 2004
A really good read!
+ A lush read + Interesting angle + A new favorite! + Sultry & Historical - Interesting perspective
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The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin Classics) 10 reviews Plato
Penguin Classics, 2003
Philosopher at bay
+ How is one to rate... + THE INDIVIDUAL AGAINST THE STATE + The Last Days of Socrates. Plato. (Penguin)
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The Isle of Stone: A Novel of Ancient Sparta 35 reviews Nicholas Nicastro
Signet, 2005
Spartans Come To Life
+ Compelling but flawed + Strong writing, disappointing conclusion
I was looking for a historically accurate story about Spartan warriors' fabled training methods and their legendary battlefield heroics. Nicastro delivered both of those things in this compelling novel that was as entertaining as it was informative.
This fast-reading book was centered on the ...
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The Ten Thousand: A Novel of Ancient Greece 86 reviews Michael Curtis Ford
St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2002
Great story
+ The best historical fiction I've read in years + good read + Long, drawn out. but good
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The Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt (Adventure) 16 reviews G. A. Henty
Dover Publications, 2002
Why is the price for audio so high on Amazon?
+ make it a MUST + Great Story for Boys + Great primer for more challenging literature
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The Bone Box 19 reviews Itamar Bernstein
BookSurge Publishing, 2006
fast read...
+ riveting contemporary material + Quest for Historical Jesus Should Not be Sought Through Fiction + Uses the quest for the historical Jesus to full advantage + Very intriguing
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Red Chrysanthemum: A Thriller (Sano Ichiro Novels) 17 reviews Laura Joh Rowland
St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2007
Reinvigorates the series
+ Status quo
I was worried after the last novel that Sano Ichiro was done for. This novel, with its varied perspectives on the murder make it a true who-done-it.
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River God: A Novel of Ancient Egypt 241 reviews Wilbur Smith
St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1995
Terrific story with lots of cultural info as well
+ River God is great reading + Interesting + Enjoyable read + Great book
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Nobody's Princess 11 reviews Esther Friesner
Random House Books for Young Readers, 2007
Who might Helen have been?
+ I'd always thought of Helen as just a pretty face, this book potrays her in a different light... + A Contemporary Mythology Lesson
Helen of Sparta, more commonly called Helen of Troy, who possessed the face that launched a thousand ships. But who might she have been before her abduction started the ten year Trojan War? Esther Friesner attempts to find out.
Summarizing this book is pretty much useless since it doesn't really ...
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A Prayer for the Damned: A Mystery of Ancient Ireland (Mysteries of Ancient Ireland featuring Sister Fidelma ... 5 reviews Peter Tremayne
St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007
Excellent Middle Ages whodunit
+ "Cold is the wind that brings strangers." + Love it, but please, no more shrugging! + Usual suspense mixed with early Irish history
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The Sagas of Icelanders: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition (World of the Sagas) 34 reviews
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2001
Great Reading At A Bargain Price!
+ Breakneck Plotting and Broken Necks + Icelandic Sagas + Classical Icelandic Literature + ICELAND'S CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD CULTURE
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The Well of Eternity (WarCraft: War of the Ancients, Book 1) 34 reviews Richard A. Knaak
Pocket Star, 2004
Under-rated Trilogy
+ Great Start + Excellent reading complelling story line!!! + The Well of Eternity (WarCraft: War of the Ancients, Book 1)
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