The Iliad, Alex and Hephaestion.

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Re: The Iliad, Alex and Hephaestion.

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Hi Dean,I fully endorse your recommendation of "The Song of Troy". I thoroughly enjoyed it and I thought McCulloch managed to give a really good feel to the period.Have you read her "MAsters of Rome" series? Only 5 of the projected 6 books have been published so far and all I can say is that they are amongst the best historical novels I have ever read.All the bestMarcus
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Re: The Iliad, Alex and Hephaestion.

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Hello Marcus, I was pleased to receive your message. I obviously have some reading to do as I have read none of the books in the Masters Of Rome Series and I love the authoress. By the way- the other week I read your article about Philotas- which I found to be a concise, clear and excellent article about the man-
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Hi Dean,Thanks for your feedback on Philotas - always appreciated.I'm hoping to put up something on Callisthenes this week, and I trust it will come up to the same standard.All the bestMarcus
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