On Fri, 23 Apr 2010, Sandy Harris wrote:
> The only other historical novels I've read that were as good were I,
> Claudius, and the Flashman series.
Have you read any of the Aubrey/Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian? Maybe the best historical novels of all time. (Better than I Claudius IMHO, and I think I Claudius is genius.) And maybe the best buddy pair in literature.
Michael