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Title: Not a page turner.
Review: If I were to set out on writing an historical novel, I would certainly take great care to make sure that all the scant facts known to us about our given period were known to me. This is not hard; Robert Graves pulls this off admirably. As a student of the ancient past I find it hard to ignore Trent's common and irritating historical errors. Romans did not travel about on chariots, for example. Another irritating one is Trent's common reference to Orestes' having traveled back and forth to Egypt to campaign for his governorship; no member of elite society was permitted to travel to Egypt unless on official business, and at this time campaigning for governmental positions was futile as they were doled out by the emperor. They're a couple amongst many.Found it hard to get past the first 50 pages. Disappointing.
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