2012-08-08T12:01:32Ztag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/thread/post/grandma-bloggingtag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/987/36652012-08-08T12:01:32ZSursumCorda<p>I haven't, but some of my other readers probably have. Maybe I should catch up. :)</p>tag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/987/36642012-08-08T06:42:54ZMonica<p>Have you read The Last Samurai? http://www.amazon.com/LAST-SAMURAI-Helen-Witt/dp/B0014JOL1A/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1344408041&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+last+samurai</p> <p>Some of Joseph's intellectual feats remind me of Ludovic in this novel.</p>