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EuSei
Jul 23, 2011EuSei rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I found the same kinds of incongruence in "Fortune's Favorites" that I found in the prior books. First, the liberties she takes with a few historical facts--OK, I can take it, because she writes well enough. But some things she wrote had me biting my lip! But what bothers me much more is her lack of respect for her readers. Since the first book her sense of superiority is made clear. Her arrogance in the "Author's Afterword" is nevertheless shocking: "I have neither the room nor the inclination to argue here why I have chosen to portray Spartacus in the way I have; scholars will be able to see the why--and the who--of my argument in text." In other words, we, who are the bulk of her readership (how much time do these "scholars" have to be able to read novels?!) are too ignorant and uninformed to be given a decent explanation for her historical interpretation of Spartacus! Courtesy is a word Mrs. McCullough never researched, indeed! (And she should stick to writing: her drawings are, to say the least, pathetic!)