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Title: Threshold of Fire: A Novel of Fifth Century Rome by Hella S. Haasse, Anita Miller, Nini Blinstrub ISBN: 0-89733-426-4 Publisher: Academy Chicago Pub Pub. Date: August, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Ennui Encapsulated, the true heart of Rome's passion
Comment: The first time I read this book I hated it; someone had given it to me to write a review and I couldn't say anything good, so I didn't write one. The second time I read it was after reviewing all of Gibbon's Decline and Fall..still caught up in the mood of how horribly we Christians became just as jaded-persecutory as those who had persecuted us. So, thus caught up, I noticed that what REALLY got to everyone in Rome was kinda like what happened to the Laodiceans -- been there, done that, what's the new pleasure now.
Haasse captures it perfectly. I couldn't put the book down, couldn't sleep. History books, even eloquent ones like Gibbon and Mommsen, can't give you the LIVING flavor of the time. But that's Haasse's specialty, I just learned. Enjoy! Oh -- and don't ask me to give you my free copy of her book (from years ago). I will take it to my grave!
The ONLY reason I didn't give it 5 Stars is that I wanted the novel to be longer. But, given it's about Rome, like with Greek plays the action has to take place over a day (or two). Alas...
Rating: 5
Summary: A discovery in time and culture
Comment: This was my first enconter with Hella Hasse. The psicological development of the personages and plot, made this book exiting to me. The texture of the story and the development of the characters, in their relationship to the central figure is well done and mantains the readers attention and exitement. Although, this is a historical period which I've enjoyed encountering in my reading, this is the first time that I look at it as a personal experience. The tensions brought about by Chritianity becoming the official religion of the Roman empire are well put forward and are given a reality not found in my other readings on the subject. Now my problem, is to find the time to read all her historical novels. A very enjoyable experince for a historical novel reader like me, who also devotes time to reading history.
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Title: The Sand-Reckoner by Gillian Bradshaw ISBN: 0312873409 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 01 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Island of Ghosts : A Novel of Roman Britain by Gillian Bradshaw ISBN: 0812545141 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 15 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: In a Dark Wood Wandering/a Novel of the Middle Ages by Hella Haase, Hella S. Haasse, Anita Miller ISBN: 089733356X Publisher: Academy Chicago Pub Pub. Date: May, 1991 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Cleopatra's Heir by Gillian Bradshaw ISBN: 0765302284 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Render Unto Caesar by Gillian Bradshaw ISBN: 0765306530 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 23 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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