Defender of Rome |
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Author:
| Jackson, Douglas |
Series title: | Gaius Valerius Verrens Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-552-16725-3 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2012 |
Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Limited
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $9.99 |
Book Description:
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"A master of his discipline rightly hailed as one of the best historical novelists writing today." --Daily Express nbsp; Gaius Valerius Verrens returns to Rome from the successful campaign against Boudicca in Britain. Now hailed a 'Hero of Rome', Valerius is not the man he once was -- scarred both physically and emotionally by the battles he has fought, his sister is mortally ill, his father in self-imposed exile. And neither is Rome the same...
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"A master of his discipline rightly hailed as one of the best historical novelists writing today."
--Daily Express
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Gaius Valerius Verrens returns to Rome from the successful campaign against Boudicca in Britain. Now hailed a 'Hero of Rome', Valerius is not the man he once was -- scarred both physically and emotionally by the battles he has fought, his sister is mortally ill, his father in self-imposed exile. And neither is Rome the same city as the one he left.
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The Emperor Nero grows increasingly paranoid. Those who seek power for themselves whisper darkly in the emperor's ears. They speak of a new threat, one found within the walls of Rome itself. A new religious sect, the followers of Christus, deny Nero's divinity and are rumoured to be spreading sedition. Nero calls on his 'Hero of Rome' to become a 'Defender of Rome', to seek out this rebel sect, to capture their leader, a man known as Petrus. Failure would be to forfeit his life, and the lives of twenty thousand Judaeans living in Rome. But as Valerius begins his search, a quest which will take him to the edge of the empire, he will discover that success may cost him nearly as much as failure.