Les vies des hommes illustres

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Plutarch: Les vies des hommes illustres (French language, 1829, Bureau des Éditeurs)

16, pagine

lingua French, Ancient Greek

Pubblicato il 29 Luglio 1829 da Bureau des Éditeurs.

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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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3 stelle

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...