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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
if you like this book you're probably overeducated,
This review is from: The Bluffer's Guide to the Classics: Bluff Your Way in the Classics (Bluffer's Guides - Oval Books) (Paperback)
This books reminds me of a sweatshirt that I have that rougly says in Latin "if you can read this you are overeducated". This is a witty, erudite lampoon of Roman and Greek life, literature, politics etc. The book is in the same vein as "1066 and All of That" a famous treatment of British history. However, like most satires , it helps to know the original. This is not a book for those ignorant of the Classical worlds. It is a great book for those who suffered through dead languages in high school & would like to pretend like they remember any of it. I also recomend Ross Leckie's other books: Hannibal and Scipio, which are fictional treatments (novels) of these military leader's lives. But, Leckie wraps a lot of wonderful detail around the tale so, the stories come to life.
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The Bluffer's Guide to the Classics: Bluff Your Way in the Classics (Bluffer's Guides - Oval Books) by Ross Leckie (Paperback - April 1, 1999)
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