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Clue:
There’s a reason why I put this particular last line in this spot in the list (below the one above it).
There’s a method to my madness, an internal logic.
My first thought was to say Barbara Tuchman, and I guess it would have to be “A Distant Mirror,” but I can’t picture her using the masculine pronoun so off-handedly; and that book ends with her description of the destruction of the citadel, anyway.
No. This book was a massive phenomenon – a bestseller, a mini-series, a blah blah blah, and a hoo-hoo-hoo. It was everywhere for a couple of years.
Wouldn’t be Galsworthy, would it?
Adrianne:
Nope … The author of this particular novel was mostly known for his poetry.
(Unless I’m completely nuts and have my facts wrong … but I don’t think so.)
Up until that last hint I was convinced this was Herman Wouk, _The Winds of War_.
After that last hint, I now say that this is Robert Graves _I, Claudius_.
Heh, got two guesses into one comment.
Ted K. I think you may be right about I, Claudius.
Yes – It’s I Claudius.
Wasn’t he mainly a poet?
Robert Graves?
Yes – one of the World War One poets, among other things.