674da32071 Also, his characterization of Bagoas (of whom Im not particularly fond as a fictional character), based on nothing but the Orxines incident (which may or may not be true) as a beautiful yet sinister young man [QFM] strikes me as a little much, giving him more importance than he probably warrants. *** Like this:Like Loading. Dont bother. Related Permalink Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here. Um, no. Some features may not be available with Javascript disabled! . Will report back when Im done with that batch, unless the obsession cools. To speculate that Philotas was right to dismiss it as another homosexual quarrel with the usual bitchy accusations: obviously nothing in it is just& ridiculous to me. Next was Mary Renaults The Nature of Alexander (1975 and some of it out of date now), which is nearly fangirlish in its pro-Alexander stance (and alone among the books I read that gave Hephaistion any kind of credit for being anything other than merely competent, and most of the others barely grant him that). But even some of the people who only seem to see the good irritate me, because it looks like theyre turning off their critical faculties on certain issues, and that just is not what Im looking for in my non-fiction.
But he also wasnt a genocidal maniac, a Stalin or a Hitler. Highly enjoyable if sometimes too willing to give Alexander the benefit of the doubt. ellis author: lester bangs author: lisa see author: lynn flewelling author: marjane satrapi author: mark helprin author: mark kurlansky author: markus zusak author: mary renault author: megan whalen turner author: meg rosoff author: melissa scott author: michael chabon author: neil gaiman author: nick hornby author: rachel zucker author: raymond chandler author: robert penn warren author: robin lane fox author: scott lynch author: umberto eco author: ursula leguin author: william faulkner author: ysabeau s. As its repeatedly noted, Macedonian politics was a blood sport, and Philotas wasnt an idiot, so Id imagine hed have been smarter than that. BrainyQuote Desktop BrainyQuote Mobile Site Home Authors Topics Quote Of The Day Pictures Top 100 Quotes Professions Birthdays Social BQ on Facebook BQ on Twitter BQ on Pinterest BQ on Google BQ on Instagram Apps iPhone/iPad app Quote Of The Day Feeds Javascript and RSS feeds WordPress plugin Quote of the Day Email About About Us Contact Us Submit Privacy Terms . Yesterday I finished reading Alexander: The Ambiguity of Greatness, by Guy MacLean Rogers (2004), also not the greatest. Shecter (2004) is pretty funny in spots, though there are some groaningly bad jokes as well.
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