I have recently finished "The First Men in Rome" by Colleen McCullough which I enjoyed so much that I bought the second volume in the series. Brilliant evocation of Rome at the height of its power and very readable. I shall finish the whole series, I have no doubt. When I retired I made a promise to myself that I would take the time to catch up on the classics that I never got around to reading and I have polished off Les Miserables (in English, naturally), The count of Monte Cristo, 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, the complete short stories of Guy de Maupassant (excellent) and some books by Charles Dickens. That's the beauty of Kindle books - the classics are often free or very low priced. I am currently reading War and Peace for the 3rd time and enjoying it just as much as the first time. As far as modern books go, I am into Wilbur Smith, Jeffrey Archer, Jonathan Kellerman, Jeffrey Deaver (diabolically cunning thrillers), the occasional book from my childhood years such as Just William (what a comic character he is), Enid Blyton (the Faraway Tree books are still amusing) and the Valley of Adventure and its sequels are enjoyable and carry me back to my childhood (and that's a good few years ago, I can tell you).
