Just as cooks pray for a good crop of young animals and fishermen for a good haul of fish, in the same way busybodies pray for a good crop of calamities or a good haul of difficulties that they, like cooks and fishermen, may always have something to fish out and butcher. (Plutarch, "On Being a Busybody")
Aztec is an unforgettable reading experience, I won't deny that, but I'm not wild about Jennings in general as a storyteller. But then I've only read the one book.
No Gary Jennings? Aztec and Raptor would both make my list, like your Shogun and Tai Pan.
ReplyDeleteAztec is an unforgettable reading experience, I won't deny that, but I'm not wild about Jennings in general as a storyteller. But then I've only read the one book.
ReplyDeleteNo Musashi?
ReplyDeleteI don't read much historical fiction, but Patrick O'Brian's work is just astonishing in it's scope and knowledge.
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