Last of the Amazons

I beg the would be reader to notice that the majority of people who have given this book a one star rating did not finish it. My husband also took this book up and became so instantly frustrated with it that he didn't even make the hundred page mark. The reason is the writing style of this work (sor......more

I wasn’t sure what to expect from this book since Bronze Age Greece tends to get very little coverage outside of the Trojan War and some of its related heroes. From the title I didn’t even realize it was about Theseus, who, pretty much alone among non-Homeric Greek heroes (where’re our Seven Against......more

Read this book in 2011, and its a wonderful standalone book about the warrior women called "Amazons". This tale is set around the year 1250 BC, and it tells us the story of the legendary warrior women called the Amazons, and their achievements as ferocious fighters. Is starts when King Theseus of Athe......more

Stars? Have the Milky Way. This is about the city and the steppe. It’s a subject I read non-fiction on, avidly, and fiction when I can. So I was engaged; I was joining in the argument; I wanted to stand up and say ‘you left this out’ when we have a great debate (for eight pages) between Theseus of A......more