SC - Apicius and Platina

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

Adamantius wrote:
>The whole extinct-silphium question is a major part
>of the plot of Lindsey Davis's wonderful ancient-Roman-private-eye novel
>"Two For the Lions".

Ooh, ooh. Now i have to take this out of the library.

Lindsey Davis's novels are great fun, and written by a scholar of the 
Ancient World, so they do have some historical elements, even if 
Marcus Didius Falco, the hard-boiled Roman gum-shoe who has a soft 
creamy center, is, well, unlikely.

I have read, oh, i forget, somewhere between 4 and 6 of Davis's books 
and i recommend them to those who like mystery, history, and humor, 
nicely blended.

Anahita al-shazhiya

consumes no junk food
consumes junk books
(well, they don't taste like junk to me)
I've also got to read Elizabeth Peters' Victorian Egyptian 
archaeologist series...
Oh, and there's even a series with Jane Austen as a sleuth,
oh, an another with Queen Elizabeth I as sleuth,
and...