Book #5: Hand of Isis, by jo_graham

I have a thing for Epic Destinies, the Egyptians are just cooler, history is totally written by the victors (but it's okay if you grow up to hate them), and this one kind of has a happy ending too (even though it ends in a massacre).

A prof I had in uni introduced me to the term "post interesting". Post Interesting is any point in the archaeological record you no longer care about. For me, this comes rather firmly at the end of the Bronze Age (with exceptions for Scottish history in general, Caesar, Trajan, and Hadrian, but none of them when they're actually in Rome). I just find the Romans so tiresome, with their excessive note taking and their extreme prejudice and their INABILITY TO PUNCTUATE THEIR SENTENCES.

That said, I have a weak spot for Cleopatra. Because who doesn't, really. She's probably one of the most misunderstood people of all time, both because people don't understand what Egypt was like at the time of her reign and because the world STILL isn't ready for her kind of monarchy. Since Rome wrote the history books, she gets the shaft ALL THE TIME.

( She does not get the shaft in this book )

9.5/10. And now I need to sleep, because I have to wake up at 6:30 tomorrow morning, but I know I'll have excellent dreams tonight!

Book #5: Hand of Isis, by jo_graham

I have a thing for Epic Destinies, the Egyptians are just cooler, history is totally written by the victors (but it's okay if you grow up to hate them), and this one kind of has a happy ending too (even though it ends in a massacre).

A prof I had in uni introduced me to the term "post interesting". Post Interesting is any point in the archaeological record you no longer care about. For me, this comes rather firmly at the end of the Bronze Age (with exceptions for Scottish history in general, Caesar, Trajan, and Hadrian, but none of them when they're actually in Rome). I just find the Romans so tiresome, with their excessive note taking and their extreme prejudice and their INABILITY TO PUNCTUATE THEIR SENTENCES.

That said, I have a weak spot for Cleopatra. Because who doesn't, really. She's probably one of the most misunderstood people of all time, both because people don't understand what Egypt was like at the time of her reign and because the world STILL isn't ready for her kind of monarchy. Since Rome wrote the history books, she gets the shaft ALL THE TIME.

( She does not get the shaft in this book )

9.5/10. And now I need to sleep, because I have to wake up at 6:30 tomorrow morning, but I know I'll have excellent dreams tonight!