The Last of the Wine by Mary RenaultMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This was one of the finest and most involving historical fiction "journals" I've read in a while. I would say it is on par with Memoirs of Hadrian.
Of course, the subject matter here is very different, not only because it is a different place and time and culture, but because the narrator isn't an emperor, or even necessarily someone of particular note, but rather a citizen who interacts with many different characters of his day.
And after having read it, I was surprised to see this was written in 1956. It really reads as a modern day rendition, and I wonder why I hadn't heard of this book earlier.
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