Warrior of Rome I: Fire in the East

Sidebottom, Harry (Author)

ISBN 10: 0141032294 / ISBN 13: 9780141032290

Verlag: Penguin, 2009

448 pages. 7.76x5.16x1.77 inches. In Stock. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers __0141032294

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Warrior of Rome is an epic of empire, heroes, treachery, courage, and most of all, a story of brutal bloody warfare.

The year is AD 255 - the Roman Imperium is stretched to breaking point, its authority and might challenged along every border.

The greatest threat lies in Persia to the east, where the massing forces of the Sassanid Empire loom with fiery menace. There the isolated Roman citadel of Arete awaits inevitable invasion.

One man is sent to marshal the defences and shore up crumbling walls. A man whose name itself means war: a man called Ballista.

Alone, Ballista is called to muster the forces and the courage to stand first and to stand hard against the greatest enemy ever to confront the Imperium.

With a spectacular flair for sheer explosive action and knuckle-whitening drama, fans of Bernard Cornwell will love this recreation of the ancient world.

Praise for Harry Sidebottom:

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

'The best sort of red-blooded historical fiction' Andrew Taylor, author of The American Boy

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: 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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Titel: Warrior of Rome I: Fire in the East
Verlag: Penguin
Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Brand New