Colleen J. (shukween) reviewed on 1/17/2011 + 118 more book reviews

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I had waited a long time on the WL for this title, and eagerly dove into it. Ordinarily, I adore anything from Margaret George, but this one I found long and hard to get through----not her best. I learned a great deal about ancient Egypt and Rome from the wonderful details she always includes, and loved that in her afterword she shared what was fact and what was fiction. I found her prose just a little bit flat, and thought she would have done as well in about half the pages. Notwithstanding, this is a historical fiction classic about a time and woman not much written about, and so it is worth reading.

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