Warrior of Rome II: King of Kings - Hardcover

Sidebottom, Harry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0718153316 ISBN 13: 9780718153311

Verlag: Michael Joseph, 2009

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AD256 - the spectre of treachery hangs ominously over the Roman Empire. The sparks of Christian fervour have spread through the empire like wildfire, and the imperium is alive with the machinations of dangerous and powerful men.

All the while, Sassanid forces press forward relentlessly along the eastern frontier. The battle-bloodied general Ballista returns to the imperial court from the fallen city of Arete - only to find that there are those who would rather see him dead than alive.

Ballista is soon caught in a sinister web of intrigue and religious fanaticism . . . his courage and loyalty will be put to the ultimate test in the service of Rome and the Emperor.

The Warrior of Rome is back . . .

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Dr Harry Sidebottom is a Fellow of St Benet's Hall and lecturer at Lincoln College, Oxford, where he specializes in ancient warfare and classical art. All six of his Warrior of Rome novels are available from Penguin in paperback and ebook.

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PRAISE FOR THE BESTSELLING WARRIOR OF ROME SERIES:

'Sidebottom's prose blazes with searing scholarship' The Times

'A well-constructed, well-paced and gripping account' Times Literary Supplement

'Harry Sidebottom's epic tale starts with a chilling assassination and goes on, and up, from there'
Professor Mary Beard, Chair of Classics, University of Cambridge

'I don't think I've ever experienced antiquity so directly: the brutality, the directness of expression and feeling, the deep bonds formed amid unmitigated violence'
Professor David Konstan, Professor of Classics, Brown University

'Sidebottom has the touch of an exceptionally gifted storyteller, drawing on prodigious learning'
Tim Severin, Author of The Viking Trilogy

'It's the best sort of red-blooded historical fiction - solidly based on a profound understanding of what it meant to be alive in a particular time and place'
Andrew Taylor, Author of The American Boy

'A vivid, racy and gripping novel . . . from a major scholar who happens also to be a brilliant master of fiction'Dr Jas Elsner, Fellow or Archaeology and Classical Art, University of Oxford

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AD256 - the spectre of treachery hangs ominously over the Roman Empire. The sparks of Christian fervour have spread through the empire like wildfire, and the imperium is alive with the machinations of dangerous and powerful men.

All the while, Sassanid forces press forward relentlessly along the eastern frontier. The battle-bloodied general, Ballista, returns to imperial court from the fallen city of Arete - only to find that there are those who would rather see him dead than alive.

Ballista is soon caught in a sinister web of intrigue and religious fanaticism... his courage and loyalty will be put to the ultimate test in the service of Rome and the Emperor.

The Warrior of Rome is back...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Michael Joseph
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0718153316
• ISBN 13: 9780718153311
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 416
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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