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  1. Some comedy tonight! er- Sunday afternoon

    in Colosseum

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    Don't be too surte I vivdly remember being involved in a school production years back that managed to get the 'impression' of a moving wagon over on stage - you just have to suspend a lot of disbelief;)

     

     

     

    :D :D :D And just how were you "involved"? pray tell - which character did you portray or perhaps you had the interesting job of set design? cool.

  2. Some comedy tonight! er- Sunday afternoon

    in Colosseum

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    A local high school is presenting "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To the Forum" as their musical this year. This school has an excellent drama club and always provides great entertainment for being only high school students. A friend of mine is in charge of the choreography. Anyhow, buying tickets for this Sunday's matinee. Too bad the chariot chase scene from the movie can't be done on a high school stage. Cracks me up. :lol:

  10. The Ides of April

    in Libri

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    With Flavia Albia being British born (as stated on Lindsey Davis' wiki page), I suspect I haven't come across her yet. Presumably she appears in A Body in the Bath House, or The Jupiter Myth. At least I'll be able to get in on this one at the ground floor.

     

     

    Oh sorry, didn't mean to post spoilers. I can't recall in which book she makes her appearance but I do have a source reference - "Falco - The Official Companion" which is the only book I actually did purchase. I will sneak a peek.

  12. Fortress of Spears

    in Libri

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    Hi Crispina. I read the first and second, but am yet to read the third. I'll echo what has been said so far. Well read, and quite exciting. Well researched. Good characters. I very much enjoyed reading them, though I didn't rush out for the third book. I won't bore you with a full review, but some of the gory scenes are very gory, and as a lady of delicate constitution, you may be advised to skip ahead once things start getting too 'wet'.

     

    Ugh. Ok, thanks. I may give the books a try.

  13. The Ides of April

    in Libri

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    Oh wow. I thought Lindsey Davis said she would not write another Falco novel - ever. And a whole new series? Can't wait. But now I must review Flavia Albia's story! Was she the girl found on the streets by Marcus? she was born in Britain? I wish now that I would have purchased the entire Didius Falco book series, instead I found them all at the library which was a good thing; but having them all in my own library would be great. Perhaps I will begin by buying one or two a month.

     

    Thanks for the heads up Ghost.

  14. Fortress of Spears

    in Libri

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    Thanks. I see the word "bloody" more than once in the reviews and I sort of cringe altho I certainly know that is a part of it all; but sometimes I admit I skip over those scenes, however well written they may be. Case in point. While reading one book, I think it was "Eagle in The Snow" or it could have been one in the Simon Scarrow series, I still remember vividly one such scene where the main character(s)come upon a prisoner left by his captors, suspended over a well sharpened spear, part of which was already how should I say, inserted "where the sun doesn't shine". :( When the time comes when the prisoner is no longer able to lift his weight, well...you get the picture. ugh. Let's just say it took awhile to get that image out of my mind.

     

    I think I'll check out the library tomorrow and at least try to read the first in the series. ;)

  15. Fortress of Spears

    in Libri

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    Amazon sent me an email suggesting "Fortress of Spears" by Anthony Riches. It's third in the Empire series. Has anyone read the first two books? Seems I remember discussion on this series some time ago but was lazy and didn't do a search.

  17. What's the last book you read?

    in Libri

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    As The Romans Did: A Sourcebook in Roman Social History

     

    This is still one of my absolute favorite books on Roman history after all these years!

     

     

    Thanks for the recommendation. I found some used copies at Amazon and bookmarked the site.

  19. Death and the Civil War

    in Historia in Universum

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    I also watched this documentary. What surprised me is learning the government had no provision for burying all the dead. It never occurred to me that bodies would remain for so long unburied, and understand how over whelming it must have been esp. to nearby townspeople. This is a part of the history of the Civil War one never reads about.

     

    The program brought back memories of a large, antique book that was kept in the bottom of a trunk belonging to my Father and Mother. It was a large photo book of the Civil War and all I can remember as a kid is that some of the photos were so gruesome we looked at the book very, very seldom. My grandfather's uncle fought in the Civil War. I am saying the book "was" kept, because I just phoned my Mother awhile ago to inquire about the book and if I may have it. She said of course I may, but called me back saying the book was NOT in the bottom of the trunk anymore! She was so sure it had been. Now we are struggling to remember what happened to the book. I am so disappointed because I'm wondering if it could have been an original copy of Matthew Brady's book. My brothers are not into history one bit, so we are certain it is not in their hands. :(

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