Viggen Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Good historical fiction is a two-fer. You can get the facts by reading Polybius and Livy. But you need a Robin Levin to introduce you to Marcus Nemo Nemonides (Marcus Nobody, son of Nobody) - I just love that name! Yep - you get to have fun and learn something in the bargain with good historical fiction, and The Death of Carthage meets both criteria in spades. Robin Levin brings life to the history – even the mundane history. We all know that slaves in the ancient world were flogged. But listening to the slave overseer Nicander describe to the new slave Enneas how and under what circumstances that punishment would be inflicted brought to my mind any number of new employee orientation meetings that I have had the misfortune of sitting through... continue to the full review of The Death of Carthage by Robin E. Levin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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