(Agree with you, though, about the interest mosaic-making parts. I did like that. Not so much the so far pointless chariot racing and partisanship.)
There's a place where the artistry of mosaic-making informs the chariot racing... sort of...
Yes, I do recommend Tigana, and I think you'd like that one more.
Lions is tied into Sarantium, but it had a different feel to it, I thought. One of the main characters is a physician who is also very superstitious. It felt odd, having the representative of Science and Reason doing all these little rituals to ward off bad luck.
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Date: 2010-06-09 03:20 am (UTC)There's a place where the artistry of mosaic-making informs the chariot racing... sort of...
Yes, I do recommend Tigana, and I think you'd like that one more.
Lions is tied into Sarantium, but it had a different feel to it, I thought. One of the main characters is a physician who is also very superstitious. It felt odd, having the representative of Science and Reason doing all these little rituals to ward off bad luck.