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timstretton 's review for:
The Gates of Rome
by Conn Iggulden
Entertaining enough historical fiction if you approach it as "inspired by the life of Julius Caesar" rather than meticulously researched work in the Sharon Penman tradition. It plays fast and loose with the historical record but the action scenes zip along and the characters are vivid if not always three-dimensional.
If you're interested in the period, Robert Graves and Allan Massie are more rewarding writers, and the HBO series "Rome" is a more successful mix of fact and fiction.
If you're interested in the period, Robert Graves and Allan Massie are more rewarding writers, and the HBO series "Rome" is a more successful mix of fact and fiction.