To continue our monthly series of book lists, the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library would like to recommend the following titles:
August, 2006 -- Historical Fiction, Ancient Civilizations
Last of the Amazons by Steven Pressfield. Theseus, king of Athens, journeys to the land of woman warriors known as Amazons. When their queen falls in love with him and departs with the Greeks, the rest of the tribe seeks revenge and attacks Athens. Cassette book RC 55922. Large print book LP 19186.
The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough. When the world cowered before the legions of Rome , two men dreamed of personal glory: the military genius and wealthy rural upstart Marius, and Sulla, penniless and debauched but of aristocratic birth. Cassette book RC 32043.
The High Kings by Joy Chant. A storyteller in the court of King Arthur recounts the legendary Celtic tales about the adventures of the King's ancestors. Cassette book RC 20507.
Pompeii by Robert Harris. Pliny the Elder sends engineer Marcus Attilius Primus to Pompeii to investigate a water flow problem. Attilius uncovers an embezzlement scheme, discovers the imminent eruption of the volcano Vesuvius, and attempts to rescue his new love. Cassette book RC 57646. Braille book BR 15250. Large print book LP 20148.
River God by Wilbur A. Smith. In ancient Egypt, Taita, a wise eunuch slave, tries to restore the majesty of the Pharaohs during the Hyksos invasion of Egypt. Cassette book RC 37819. Large print book LP 11312.
The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis. Private investigator Marcus Didius Falco assists a senator's sixteen-year-old niece whose uncle has hidden in her bank box a stash of valuable lead ingots from Britain . Cassette book RC 58069.
Sappho: The Tenth Muse by Nancy Freedman. Fictionalized life story of the poet from the island of Lesbos . Widowed after a brief marriage, she founded an academy for young women, whom she praised in her lyric poems. But it is her love for a young sailor that determines her fate. Cassette book RC 49809.
Link to previous Recommended Reads.