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A review by sweetpavement
The Grass Crown by Colleen McCullough
3.0
I enjoyed all of McCullough's Masters of Romer series, and this was certainly no exception. From the rich historical detail to the wonderful characterization, these books brought history to life. I feel like I learned as much as taking a college course on Rome, while also getting to speculate on the motivations and utterly human drives of some of the "Great Men" (and women) of history.
This book (as all in the series are) is very dense and requires some commitment (and possibly note taking) to get through. The one complaint I have is that there's a lot of focus on battles and wars (which makes sense because the Romans were obsessed with documenting them) and so I sometimes wish she would have written more about day to day life in the Empire.
Her loss was a blow to the world of literature, but I am grateful we have her books to read.
This book (as all in the series are) is very dense and requires some commitment (and possibly note taking) to get through. The one complaint I have is that there's a lot of focus on battles and wars (which makes sense because the Romans were obsessed with documenting them) and so I sometimes wish she would have written more about day to day life in the Empire.
Her loss was a blow to the world of literature, but I am grateful we have her books to read.