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Chargement... Children of the Wolf (1959)par Alfred Duggan
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. The story of the founding of Rome down to the choosing of Numa as the second king, told successively by a Latin, a Sabine, an Etruscan, and a Greek. It kept fairly close to the legendary account but I didn't find it very engaging ( ) Wow! I don't know what the historians, ancient (eg Livy) or modern, tell us about the founding of Rome. I can't tell how well this retelling fits with the myths or the facts. But the way Duggan manages to bring the story alive, the times, the customs, the warfare, the mindsets, is just amazing. Including his down to earth explanations of mythical elements. And I really appreciate having discovered, through this book, parallels between Romulus and a certain other "historic" figure. Highly recommended! aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Excerpt from Children of the Wolf All the same, it seemed a pity that the twins had decided to mark out the boundaries of the new camp with all the elaborate ritual that went to the founding of a city. If the place happened to be unlucky the knowledge that it had been consecrated would lead to endless delay before the newcomers cut their losses and abandoned it. As he stood among the throng on the hilltop, waiting for the ploughing to begin, Marcus ventured to grumble about this to the man standing beside him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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