[lbo-talk] good reads?

[C. G. Estabrook]

All three series are wonderful (as are other things by O'Brian, MacDonald 
Fraser, and even Graves).

I might add Anthony Burgess' quirky historical novels (on Shakespeare, Napoleon, 
and even Keats). --CGE

On 4/22/10 10:36 PM, Michael Pollak wrote:
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> On Fri, 23 Apr 2010, Sandy Harris wrote:
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>> 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
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