Augustus Caesar

Liked the story line and the voice of the reader.

Revisado: 09-05-24

Stands out from the usual Roman historical fiction books. I look forward to next book.

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Very interesting and informative

Revisado: 12-08-22

This was a free book under my membership and I was pleasantly surprised by how good this book was. I learned a lot and it kept my interest throughout.

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Gripping historical fiction story

Revisado: 01-26-15

Where does Marching with Caesar rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I've been listening to audible books since 2011 and this is one of my best purchases. It merged my love of history with attention to detail. I somewhat discovered this audible book by accident as I almost didn't buy it based on it's cover which looks pretty boring.

What did you like best about this story?

Best historical fiction book that I've heard. It is also about a period of Caesar's campaign in- Spain, that I did not know about.

Which character – as performed by Simon Burdett – was your favorite?

Main character Titus Pillus who apparently did exist. Btw, the various British street accents of the different characters were highly entertaining.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No. It did however, make me listen more than my regular car journey.

Any additional comments?

This is 1 of 6 books but unfortunately, this is Volume 1 is the only one I find on Audible as of Jan 2015. I'll keep my eye out for future releases

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Great Entertainment for 30 hours

Revisado: 11-28-12

I normally listen to factual History books and was in the mood for some fiction. Based on prior reviews, I took a chance with "Fall of Giants" not knowing anything about the author. I was thrilled with my purchase.

The story starts in South Wales prior to 1st world war and rapidly introduces you to different characters that will keep coming up throughout the period that span different geographic regions of Europe, Russia and US and it's sociological changes.

It is a long listen, which was good for me as I travel a lot, but the many chapters are brief so it was easy to listen for short periods without loosing tract.

I will listen to the next book as the next generation pick up the story.

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Loved it and listened to it non-stop.

Revisado: 09-27-09

As someone who has lived here for 11 years, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Like Schama, I am a foreigner reflecting upon why things are what they are and how did we get here.

The breadth of history covered (often out of sync) gave me some insight into why there is no such as a typical American. The book is a great primer into non-conventional US history what you don't see on history channel. For example, I'd not heard of Meigs and the contribution he made to the Civil war nor did I know about other members of his family line before and after.

The stories on TDR, Westpoint, why Texas joined the Union, the uprooting of Cheroke by President Jackson, the German immigrants / Chinese immigrants and their corresponding race riots were particularly entertaining though not always is a happy way.

As for reviewers who dismissed this book with one star. I don't agree with them one bit. I can appreciate History is written by the victor and one man's freedom fighter is another one's terrorist but but I didn't hear Schama writings as being particularly biased.

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