> 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.
I really like I, Claudius. I made an attempt at the old BBC series based on it but apparently I have been spoiled by the splendour that is Rome (the HBO/BBC series), with a budget stretching to non-cardboard sets.
Mike Beggs