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Rowdyboy

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20. If you enjoyed Colleen McCullough, you will really like Saylor and Davis' work....

Reply to Glorfindel (Reply #17)

Sat Jul 13, 2013, 02:31 AM

Jul 2013

Saylor is a gay Texan from a very middle class background and Ms Davis is English. Both series are filled with memorable characters and most of Saylor's stories are based on real cases McCullough mentions in her wonderful series. Davis' Falco lives both before and after the explosion of Vesuvius. In at least one book he visits Pompeii as an active city.

It's like stepping back in time.....

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