Fortune's Favorites
by Colleen McCullough
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Author: Colleen McCulloughEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-11-11
ISBN: 0061582409
Number of pages: 1136
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
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Book Review: Zeus or... Jupiter?
Summary: 3 Stars
I started reading "Fortune's Favorites" a few days ago and already found the same kind of incongruence I found in the prior books. First, the liberties she takes with a few historical facts--OK, I can take it, because she writes well enough. But some things she wrote had me biting my lip! But what bothers me much more is her lack of respect for her readers. Since the first book her sense of superiority is made clear. Her arrogance in this book's "Author's Afterword" is nevertheless shocking: "I have neither the room nor the inclination to argue here why I have chosen to portray Spartacus in the way I have; scholars will be able to see the why--and the who--of my argument in text." In other words, we, who are the bulk of her readership (how much time do these "scholars" have to be able to read novels?!) are too ignorant and uninformed to be given a decent explanation for her historical interpretation of Spartacus! Courtesy is a word Mrs. McCullough never researched, indeed! (And she should stick to writing: her drawings are, to say the least, pathetic!)
Summary of Fortune's Favorites
With incomparable storytelling skill, New York Times bestselling author Colleen McCullough brings Rome alive in all her majesty?and illuminates the world of those favored by the gods at birth.
In a time of cataclysmic upheaval, a bold new generation of Romans vied for greatness amid the disintegrating remnants of their beloved Republic. They were the chosen...and the cursed?blessed with wealth and privilege yet burdened by the dictates of destiny in a savage struggle for power that would leave countless numbers crushed and destroyed. But there was one who would tower above them all?a brilliant and beautiful boy whose ambition was unparalleled, whose love was legend, and whose glory was Rome's: a boy they would one day call "Caesar."
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