Congratulations to Peuros for another wonderful achievement with his latest story Death On The Nile. While I have come to expect his stories to be educational, involving and yes, of course, HOT, I didn't expect to be wiping tears from my eyes as I was when I finished this one. Thank you!

This story is enlightening, and touching. I have a few insights that I wasn't aware of before about Pueros' writing. First of all not that I'm an expert since I've read translations and not Latin, but his style is much like the ancient Rome he writes of. I notice how he goes back and forth with dates and reference, but that is how much of the Roman classics seem to be written.

Also this story is the type of works that Shakespeare used when he looked for ideas for his plays. There is a good bit, of Romeo and Juliet, in this, as well as Coriolanus. All of these great works were inspired by the classics or other stories. It seems to me that Pueros is leaving behind a legancy of works that a future Shakespeare will be able to share, as they have those imortal messages about how history, myths, and the resulting future overlaps.

Pueros,

Like Veracity, you made me cry with this one. I have begun a new philosophy, that I do not get involved in any new series until it is completed. Perhaps my mind is getting feeble, but if I have to wait any more than a few weeks for the next chapter I often have to go back and review before reading the newest instalment.

Death On The Nile was the first victim of this "new Me;" but once I saw the final instalment I downloaded them all and could do little else until I had read it all.

Pueros, as usual, has taken something out of history and turned it into a riveting, moving story. Well done, my friend! As usual, the story was tasteful, informative, and moving.

If you haven't read this one yet, do so! You will NOT regret it! But don't forget the Kleenex box, you'll need it with this one.

Pueros has provided us with another fine history lesson in the guise of an outstanding story. Death on the Nile only lightly fictionalizes what is known of Hadrian and Antinous. There is NOTHING in Pueros’ story that does violence to what historians have written. A fascinating and compelling read on a cult that provided competition for early Christianity. A cult centered on "the most beautiful boy in the world."

Should any Archive reader want to pursue the story further, the book Beloved and God: The Story of Hadrian and Antinous by Royston Lambert is my favorite. It’s currently out of print, but was popular enough that most large public libraries should have copies and many copies are available through the various used booksellers on the Internet.

While I have read Royston’s book, as well as many other sources about Antinous and his time, Pueros’ story gave me new insights into the period. If I had had history professors like Pueros when I was in college, I might have remained a historian.

I thank everyone for their kind comments, both public & private, about 'Death On The Nile'. As is common with me, I've placed on top of truth a storyline that may contain some fiction but might also be factual. Suicide as a result of a mistaken castration has been suggested by historians, both ancient & modern, as one possible reason for Antinous' death.

PUEROS