Compared to the mastery of Robert Harris' other work - of which I am a huge fan, this is a dreadful, dull, uninspiring, completely unbelievable read. What a waste of time!
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This is my 4th Robert Harris book after starting with The Ghost as a summer treat in Spain , I enjoyed Popeii and Archangel but not as Much as Ghost , however I believe Imperium is little short of a triumph.
The research is excellent and his prose flow nicely , the structure of the book which is in effect narrated by Cicero's Slave Tiro (the originator of shorthand) is a great device.
I have literally been unable to put the book down and loved the trial sequences and public speeches which apparently are totally based on factual event's. I read a lot of books but this one is a real cracker and on reaching the last page my thought's were of delight in the material but great regret in saying Goodbye to Tiro and Cicero and all ... Read More:
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It's been a few years since I read any Harris and this proves that he is still a fine writer to me. Here he succeeds quite well in weaving a unique plot around the volcanic eruption of 78AD. Quite why he used an Aquarius beats me (an ancient roman water mains manager type). I have given him 3 stars and not 4 for this, for the simple reason that it took overly long in my opinion to get to the real action. In saying that, as another reviewer has said, Harris still makes the historical lessons interesting.
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Read 'Pompei' and loved it, bought 'Fatherland' and found it was even better. 'Fatherland' is in fact one of my favourite books of all time.
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This is a novel based on true stories but it is still a novel and I think a good one. It has tension and a very loveable lead male character.
It's clearly well-researched and from what I know about the story of Bletchley Park and its history it is sound. The detail he includes looks fine to me but it is rather a technical so he had to restrict himself as to what he could include within the confines of writing a thriller.
I am just glad that anyone decided to write a novel at all which might bring this story to a wider audience. It's a fascinating story and I would urge anyone who enjoys this book to look into the real-life story.
There are times when Tom, the lead protagonist is out and about, and you really get a feel for ... Read More:
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Kelso is a maverick historian whose controversial opinions on Russia have made him famous across the globe, but also infamous in the academic world. On a trip to Russia he stumbles across a man who claims to have been present at the time of Stalin's death. This man also claims that Stalin had a notebook with him on the day that he died and that he knows the location of this item. With Stalin's notebook Kelso believes he could reinvent Stalinist history, unfortunately so do many other people. Kelso is used to dealing with fellow academics, but this case will take him into the wilds of Russia and put him up against some of the most powerful and dangerous people from Russia's present and its Soviet past.
This book is great for anyone who has a rubik's cube. Anyone who can do a 3x3 normally can jump to the speedcubing methods, but it also has a beginner method for anyone who doesn't already know it, or does not know how to solve a rubik's cube. This book also has solutions for the other rubik's cubes i.e. 2x2, 4x4 £ 5x5, which I am going to look at.
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Compared to the mastery of Robert Harris' other work - of which I am a huge fan, this is a dreadful, dull, uninspiring, completely unbelievable read. What a waste of time!
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Compared to the mastery of Robert Harris' other work - of which I am a huge fan, this is a dreadful, dull, uninspiring, completely unbelievable read. What a waste of time!
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Compared to the mastery of Robert Harris' other work - of which I am a huge fan, this is a dreadful, dull, uninspiring, completely unbelievable read. What a waste of time!
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