How good are Margaret Doody's books with Aristotle as a

>>9132333
Hehehe

Doody

I doubt you'll learn much at all. Usually "historical fiction" novels do nothing more than namedrop a few famous references. I was fooled into trying historical fiction by some user on this godforsaken board, and I ended up recommending it to my colleague before having read it. I'm embarrassed forever and ever! There's nothing worse than a novel which claims to pay homage to history but has nothing "historical" about it other than the location. You'll learn just as much about Julius Caesar through a caesar salad case study.

>>9132333
so you're looking for the straight poop on Doody?

>>9133903
Thanx, I never read any historical novel before, just starting with some crime story that takes place in the 18th century and if see if the genre is worth it.

The novels by Margaret Doody were recommended to me by some scholar who studies roman theaters and monuments, but yeah it doesn't necessarily mean much.