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Bezig met laden... The Last King (2005)door Michael Curtis Ford
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Siglo I a. C. Tras la muerte de su padre y siendo todavía un niño, Mitrídates hereda el pequeño reino del Ponto, en Asia Menor, bajo la regencia de su madre, una mujer ambiciosa y manipuladora. De formación helénica e inspirado por el recuerdo de Alejandro Magno, en cuanto ocupa el trono Mitrídates se lanza a hacer realidad su sueño: la unificación del mundo griego que, inevitablemente, le llevará a enfrentarse con la potencia emergente de la región, Roma. Mitrídates, un ser complejo, tan brillante como cruel, mantuvo en jaque a la República romana durante más de un cuarto de siglo, un tiempo turbulento, heroico y poco conocido de la historia clásica. I read this book more for facts than fun. I haven't gotten to whatever Roman historians who covered Mithradates, but did remember a biography by Alfred Duggan fondly. Plutarch deals with him tangentially, I believe. There's a lot of research in this book, but no spark, and thus little desire to reread. I read this on the strength of having purchased a different book of the author already that I haven't read. I think I will read it when I unpack it. It was an ok read, I can't say that I was gripped by the saga of the King of Pontus, I'll probably like the Roman stuff better. But despite it being not really an area of interest for me, I felt like it was a good story. It wasn't told real well, in that most of the characters are pretty shallow, but it was informative about Mithridates, whom I had known nothing about. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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To the Romans, the greatest enemy the Republic ever faced was not the Goths or Huns, nor even Hannibal, but rather a ferocious and brilliant king on the distant Black Sea: Mithridates Eupator VI of Pontus, known to history as Mithridates the Great. At age eleven, Mithridates inherited a small mountain kingdom of wild tribesmen, which his wicked mother governed in his place. Sweeping to power at age twenty-one, he proved to be a military genius and quickly consolidated various fiefdoms under his command. Since Rome also had expansionist designs in this region, bloody conflict was inevitable. Over forty years, Rome sent its greatest generals to contain Mithridates and gained tenuous control over his empire only after suffering a series of devastating defeats at the hands of this cunning and ruthless king. Each time Rome declared victory, Mithridates considered it merely a strategic retreat, and soon came roaring back with a more powerful army than before. Bursting with heroic battle scenes and eloquent storytelling, Michael Curtis Ford has crafted a riveting novel of the ancient world and resurrected one of history's greatest warriors. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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