{"id":30184,"date":"2017-01-31T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=30184"},"modified":"2017-01-30T15:10:14","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T21:10:14","slug":"now-arriving-from-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/now-arriving-from-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Arriving From: Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So, how did your “trip” to Rome go? Did you find any books (or movies) that transported you to the Eternal City? How did you like this first month of the Challenge?<\/p>\n

As I said in a previous post<\/strong><\/a>, I watched Roman Holiday<\/strong> <\/em>which had lots of scenes of Rome and lots of Roman atmosphere. However, I didn’t find a book to read so I’d be interested to hear what you read and whether you’d recommend it.<\/p>\n

If you are a fan of Ancient Roman history, I’m sure you had no trouble finding lots to choose from. There seems to be an abundance of historical fiction set in Rome – lots of gladiators and togas. However, contemporary Rome was harder to track down – did anyone read a book set in Rome in the present day?<\/p>\n

Don’t unpack your passport (um, library card) just yet – tomorrow we head back to the US and the great Pacific Northwest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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