# Attn Colleen McCullough fans...a new book out Nov 25th!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-colleen-mccullough-fans-a-new-book-out-nov-25th/212692
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 11, 2003, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-colleen-mccullough-fans-a-new-book-out-nov-25th/212692 "2003-11-11T22:09:59Z")
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### Author:  [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2003, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-colleen-mccullough-fans-a-new-book-out-nov-25th/212692/1 "2003-11-11T22:09:59Z")
[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0684853302/qid=1068588589/sr=1-8/ref=sr\_1\_8/103-8213261-7891047?v=glance&s=books](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0684853302/qid=1068588589/sr=1-8/ref=sr_1_8/103-8213261-7891047?v=glance&s=books)
It’s called “The Touch,” and it’s set in Australia.
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### Author:  [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-colleen-mccullough-fans-a-new-book-out-nov-25th/212692/2 "2003-11-11T22:19:46Z")
Great. My “to read” list just got longer. And I only just bought _The October Horse_!
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### Author:  [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-colleen-mccullough-fans-a-new-book-out-nov-25th/212692/3 "2003-11-11T22:25:07Z")
Hurray! This one goes to the top of the list!
Have any of you read the little gem _The Ladies of Misalonga_? Didn’t she write that? I remember _loving_ that book, but I hadn’t thought about it in years. It’s only about 90 pages long. I need to find my copy and reread while I wait for November 25.
(The spelling may not be right on that title. I hope that someone will correct it if it’s wrong. Don’t leave an English teacher in shame.)
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### Author:  [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-colleen-mccullough-fans-a-new-book-out-nov-25th/212692/4 "2003-11-12T13:14:41Z")
I’m re-reading the Masters of Rome series…I was waiting for the next installment of _Morgan’s Run_ to come out, when I found this one on [amazon.com](http://amazon.com).
I read the Ladies a long time ago, but from what I understand, it’s very similar to another book. I’ve never read _Tim_, either.
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### Author:  [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-colleen-mccullough-fans-a-new-book-out-nov-25th/212692/5 "2003-11-12T16:04:22Z")
Damn, **re** reading the Master’s of Rome series?! I only got 1/4 of the way through **The Grass Crown** before getting tired of keeping track of all the Metelluses and what who had done to who and when.
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### Author:  [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-colleen-mccullough-fans-a-new-book-out-nov-25th/212692/6 "2003-11-12T17:57:36Z")
The Roman names can be a bit tough…that’s why you don’t stop reading the books! I was able to keep most of the major characters straight. But the research McCullough did…damn!
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### Author:  [@carimwc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carimwc)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-colleen-mccullough-fans-a-new-book-out-nov-25th/212692/7 "2003-11-12T21:06:03Z")
I can’t wait for this one! I haven’t read _The October Horse_ yet but I’m waiting for it to get to my small library. I’ve read Ceasar’s woman many many many times.
**Zoe** I think it’s the _Ladies of Missalonghi_. Great book though.
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### Author:  [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-colleen-mccullough-fans-a-new-book-out-nov-25th/212692/8 "2003-11-13T13:37:54Z")
What’s the one set in the future, sort of a God parable, with John Christiansen and Judith Carrioll? I remember it was after an ice age or something, and you were limited to the number of children you could have.
I still think _The Thorn Birds_ is her best, but I also adore The Masters of Rome, and _Morgan’s Run_ was pretty good too.
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### Author:  [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-colleen-mccullough-fans-a-new-book-out-nov-25th/212692/9 "2003-11-13T20:53:17Z")
**ivylass** , you’re probably thinking of _A Creed for the Third Milleneum_. Just guessing, though, since I haven’t read it.
**KidCharlemagne** , don’t feel bad. I was a history major, concentrating in Roman studies, when I first picked these books up. And _still_ had to take notes, draw family trees, etc. just to figure out who the heck these people were. It was worth it, though. These books are the best historical novels ever written, bar none.
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### Author:  [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-colleen-mccullough-fans-a-new-book-out-nov-25th/212692/10 "2003-11-15T02:41:20Z")
I think I read in one of the afterwords in her books that she did _12 years_ of research before she started writing them.
It was funny, when I first started reading them, I thought, “Oh, how nice, a novel set in Ancient Rome.” Then, just for giggles, one day I googled Gaius Marius and Sulla.
Imagine my surprise…and delight! It was like bumping into a celebrity on the street…these were real people!
Oh, and **Kid** , you should try to finish the series. Sulla’s retirement is unbelievable, and Caesar’s seduction of Servilia is pure decadence. Not to mention Servilia’s feud with Cato, and Julia’s marriage to Pompey, and the wars and politics…
Magnificent series.