tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13989355.post114347372363111238..comments2016-11-26T22:48:57.917+00:00Comments on de præterito tempore: What to read next... Help?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13989355.post-1145433334747295852006-04-19T07:55:00.000+00:002006-04-19T07:55:00.000+00:00Carla, thanks a bunch for your help!I decided to r...Carla, thanks a bunch for your help!<BR/><BR/>I decided to read Vidal's <I>Julian</I>, and as soon as I finish it, I'll start with Graves's <I>Bellisarius</I>, it looks promising, and it comes from a time period I only know very badly, although I have some hoplological ideas about warfare at the time.<BR/><BR/>Nevertheless it seems it will be a great book, and from Gore Vidal's introduction to Excaliborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03198846967026271989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13989355.post-1145378499461975562006-04-18T16:41:00.000+00:002006-04-18T16:41:00.000+00:00Well, I read Graves' Count Belisarius and liked it...Well, I read Graves' <I>Count Belisarius</I> and liked it. In English, though, so I don't know how the Spanish translation will be. It tells Belisarius' life story from childhood to old age, seen through the eyes of a trusted slave belonging to Belisarius' wife Antonina. Emperor Justinian and his wife Theodora (an old friend of Antonina from their lap-dancing days) are secondary characters. Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.com