Plutarch's Lives

Paperback, 412 pagine

lingua English

Pubblicato il 29 Gennaio 2004 da Kessinger Publishing.

ISBN:
978-0-7661-8178-6
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Numero OCLC:
71818289

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3 stelle (1 recensione)

Character studies comparing statesmen and generals of pre-Christian Greece and Rome.

39 edizioni

ha recensito Plutarch's lives, volume 1 di Plutarch (Barnes & Noble library of essential reading)

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There's some genuine cleverness relating to the murder plot and an effectively realized villainous figure in Frost. One clue stood out to me as especially subtle. However, this is otherwise a somewhat frustrating reading experience, with an obvious killer due to a quickly-pruned suspect list and the engaging character drama of Ripples traded for a petty dispute between Harte's subordinates. Still, it's hard to be negative about a book this short...

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