It's about Pericles, the ancient Greece statesman, and Aspasia, the courtesan who became his love. So, yes, there is a love story involved, but I wouldn't call the book a romance novel.
Taylor Caldwell wrote a lot of well known books from the 40's through the 70's. Her most famous are probably The Earth is the Lord's, Captains and the Kings, Dialogues with the Devil, and Great Lion of God. My mother read a lot of her books, which is how I came to discover this one.
I have to admit, it's been so many years since I read it that I can't 100% say it is. I remember really liking it, but you know how it is, you read a book in your twenties and you think it's great. Then you read it again now and it's not so great. But considering how good a writer she was, I'm inclined to think that it was a good book, then and now, even if not to the Stephen Pressfield level. :-)
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Date: 2019-09-06 02:59 pm (UTC)The name Taylor Caldwell is vaguely familiar ...
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Date: 2019-09-07 11:56 am (UTC)Taylor Caldwell wrote a lot of well known books from the 40's through the 70's. Her most famous are probably The Earth is the Lord's, Captains and the Kings, Dialogues with the Devil, and Great Lion of God. My mother read a lot of her books, which is how I came to discover this one.
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