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I can see the merit of your argument.

People on the Italian mainland always seem to have been prone to deception and back-stabbing, it seems...Prime literary examples, #ColleenMcCullough's #Cesar saga and #ThePrince by #Macchiavelli (not to mention the #Borghias, for that matter.)

I'd still argue that THEM not knowing what was about to happen, did not make it "sudden." It needn't have been. They were apparently in ignorance of many martial principles,...

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So, I still owe you my final installment, though including the sequels of the series presented, I've been way past the 20 books, for more than a week 😉.

My final recommendation for the time being is an author who writes at the same level as #ColleenMcCullough,...

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Thanks for sharing. I have never been there. I should like to travel there some time, though.

At this point, I should reveal, though, that some years back I read all the history novels about ancient #Egypt that I could get my hands on: from the founding of a unified kingdom, to its demise as a #Roman province and the #Arab conquest.

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/14283.Best_Egyptian_Historical_Fiction

It is not my list, but some of my favorite authors are there: #ChristianJacq,#ColleenMcCullough,...