The Last King : Rome's Greatest Enemy (Paperback)

from elric17

Ford as always, brings these historical events and characters to life in a manner which makes for quite an enjoyable read. The bringing back the story of Mithridates was a nice slice of history of one of the little known great figures of the past.

from Zare

Mithridate, the ancient king of Pont, was a man whose whole life was marked by two things - his hate against the Rome and his thirst for power. Ford's book tries to portray this man who defied Romans until his death. Interesting book. If you are into history novels you'll like this one.

from egonzalez111

An excellent read! Ford does a spectacular job in taking historical fact and creating an epic tale of Mithridates the Great. It will leave you with a yearning to learn more about this often shadowy historical figure. To qoute the book "The victors shall write history". Although Mithridates lost h...

from Neilsantos

I read this on the strength of having purchased a different book of the author already that I haven't read. I think I will read it when I unpack it. It was an ok read, I can't say that I was gripped by the saga of the King of Pontus, I'll probably like the Roman stuff better. But despite it being...

from BruderBane

Although replete with salient and cogent arguments on trust, loyalty and friendships in addition to omnipresent action, "The Last King" by Michael Curtis Ford falls flat in many places. Every so often Mr. Ford picks up the pace and events seem to conspire to create a stupendous scene but then sud...