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I'm still on my reading tour of Italy, and this week I'm in ancient Rome! So far I have really enjoyed the books I've read on this tour. I'm halfway through this one and it's very good so far. The gladitorial games play a huge part in this book, and I thought this passage from page 30 was very striking:
They cheered, they shouted, they screamed praise down on his head like a stinging rain. They threw coins, they threw flowers, they surged upright and shrieked his name. They stamped their feet and rocked the marble tiers.It was only then that he wept, standing alone in the great arena surrounded by the bodies of five women and a thousand downward-drifting rose petals.
Love those historical novels! Nice teaser.
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Great teaser! I think the only gladiator book I have ever read was Ben-Hur. I'll have to look into this one. My teasers are from The Restorer by Amanda Stevesns and Nickel Plated by Aric Davis. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteWoah! That's an intense teaser. Good though.
ReplyDeleteGreat! It even rhymes a little. ;) Here's mine: http://readhanded.blogspot.com/2011/04/teaser-tuesdays_26.html
ReplyDeleteWonderful teaser. This makes me want to check it out!! Girl, no more book buying!
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Here is my Teaser Tuesday: THe Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly post!
That last sentence breaks my heart. And what a smart idea to fully immerse yourself in one subject, location, or genre. I too enjoy this approach. For me lately it's been the Middle East.
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The author has a nice cadence going there but why five women's bodies, I have to wonder.
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