I myself have had a fondness for books about Stalin - I'm interested in how they explain his rise and his grip on power. But I haven't read a good one lately.
Syme is absolutely not out of date and it is a brilliant read; I honestly that is the best book on the fall of the republic ever written - everything else is a pale imitation. He's still mandatory reading for Classics qualification exams and not in the 'oh, we have to read the old masters just to cover the bases way.'
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Date: 2005-09-16 10:06 pm (UTC)Syme is absolutely not out of date and it is a brilliant read; I honestly that is the best book on the fall of the republic ever written - everything else is a pale imitation. He's still mandatory reading for Classics qualification exams and not in the 'oh, we have to read the old masters just to cover the bases way.'