However everything else is laid out in fact with an overall sympathetic but not overly-flattering view of our main player - the King himself and his struggle against the Roman Republic. The first part of the biography is fillied with the author's own theories that mostly fall into the dangerous 'what if?' category.This is the same for the last few minutes or so of the book which sort of damages it's factual biographical nature. Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?ĭespite it's faults, yes I would say this is a book that I found (very) hard to get away from and I almost did end up listning to it in one sitting What does Paul Hecht bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book? However be careful of the author's habit to make up or speculate about facts that we don't have exact information for from the sources. Overall I would recomend this book because its subject matter (The Poison King of Ponthus) is little understood - outside of a narrow Roman perspective. Would you recommend The Poison King to your friends? Why or why not? Too much speculation, however still an interesting and informative biography If you could sum up The Poison King in three words, what would they be? Too much speculation but still a fine read
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