Song of the Dodo and the Jewel in the Crown Trilogy.

This is an amazing thread. Less than 24 hours and over 100 posts - must be a record.

Reassuring too - no one mentioned Michener. I thought I was all alone in the world in finding his stuff drivel!
Mary, who re-read the "Hephaestus Beetle, twice)

Oh, LEJ. I read the Iliad, Odyssey, Euripides, Aeschylus, Sappho, et al in ancient Greek. How come I don't intimidate you?