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This is a historic novel on steroids. Three stories, separated by centuries, take place in the same general location in Provence. The plot connections among the three stories are slight and subservient to the thematic connections. Google up a translation of the original latin Dream of Scipio for extra background.
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The Dream of Scipio by Iain Pears
oddly enuf, January 2, 2010
This is a historic novel on steroids. Three stories, separated by centuries, take place in the same general location in Provence. The plot connections among the three stories are slight and subservient to the thematic connections. Google up a translation of the original latin Dream of Scipio for extra background.(2 of 3 readers found this comment helpful)