Currently reading.

Finished and loved it. Off to PDB11 (in Germany atm) today. More comments possibly sometime or other.

Arrived safely. Many thanks.

This is the sort of book I used to associate with Mary Renault - taking a story or person from the classical world, and writing a novel around them. Bradshaw's contributions to this genre are lighter in tone, but nonetheless superbly crafted, and this is no exception. (Besides, I find Bradshaw much more approachable than Renault, despite the best efforts of my parents and the school classics master)

The character here is Archimedes, the famous mathematician. It's very refreshing to read a book about a nerd outside the science fiction genre, and although there is little theory in this book, I think Bradshaw has captured perfectly the spirit of Archimedes, as he might have been as a young man.

On the other hand, a little more research into some of the theory would have helped, and maybe cleared up the odd small anachronism.

Received back this morning - on whom can I push it now?