- Paperback: 1 pages
- Publisher: Abacus (Feb 3 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 034911434X
- ISBN-13: 978-0349114347
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.4 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 200 g
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,676,276 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Leckie's Rome is certainly alive and kicking ... a fine achievement, a thoughtful and stylish piece of historical fiction' -- DAILY TELEGRAPH
Book Description
After 300 years of acrimony and two bitter wards, the great Mediterranean powers of Rome and Carthage clash for the final, fateful time. This epic struggle is the subject of Leckie's superb third novel. CARTHAGE concludes the internationally acclaimed trilogy that began with HANNIBAL and continued with SCIPIO. A self-contained story of politics and power, love and hope, pain and loss, Carthage is a tragic tale, with important parallels for our own times. Written as a construct of entries, ranging from letters, diaries and various other narrative forms, the multiple voices of the novel are woven together in a way that provides for an utterly compelling account of Carthage's demise. The breadth of Leckie's knowledge of the period coupled with his poetic prose style brings the classical world to life in a truly masterful manner. As with all the best writing in this genre, Leckie makes CARTHAGE relevant to a contemporary audience through his exploration of human drives, political intrigue, power play and the process of history making itself. It is a truly devastating finale to what is an extraordinary trilogy.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Not what I Thought,
This review is from: Carthage (Hardcover)
I bought this book thinking this was Historical fiction...I was wrong, this is trash, one of the most ridiculous books I've ever read, he doesn't know squat, and his characters are ludicrous, badly written and boring.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Thoroughly Enjoyable.....,
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This review is from: Carthage (Hardcover)
This is actually the last book in a trilogy but the first of the trilogy that I have read. I very much enjoyed this novel. No, it's not pretty and there are no characters who are all good or all bad....pretty much like real-life. The previous novels have received VERY mixed reviews and I suspect this will be no different.This is not history romantacized so it gets pretty rough sometimes but it is a good story with seemingly excellent character depiction. Also, one must bear in mind, it is a historically based NOVEL....license is taken. If for nothing else....I was introduced to the wonder of the city of Carthage. I have since purchased the first two novels in this trilogy and am ready to proceed.....more so now that I have read the mixed reviews as I am now very curious to see what my eventual feelings are on these novels. In any case, I found this to be an intelligently written, thoughtful book and would recommend it. Take your time reading it...the more time you give this book the more you will get out of it.
1.0 out of 5 stars
He is a good writer but...,
By Anibal Madeira (Lisboa Portugal) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Carthage (Hardcover)
Ross Leckie writes exciting, thrilling storys, but a writer should not work in historical fiction if he doesn't know anything about the period is writing. Every time ross goes for some detail...it's COMPLETELY WRONG...he dont even know that a primus pilus (primipilus) is the first centurion of the first cohort. If you want to read historical novels about rome, try Steven Saylor or the marvelous Colleen McCullough. Mr. Ross, You don't have to be a scholar to write historical fiction, but please...read one or two books before you write your novels.
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