Enemy of Rome / Soldiers
Jackson, Douglas, 1956-,
Enemy of Rome / Douglas Jackson. - Corgi edition. - 494 pages : maps ; 20 cm.
Originally published: London : Bantam Press, 2014.
In the dry heat of an August morning Gaius Valerius Verrens wakes filthy and bearded and prepares for his last day on earth. Wrongly accused by enemies on his own side, Valerius is destined to die a coward's death for deserting his legion on the field of Bedriacum. It is the summer of AD 69 and after a year of slaughter and turmoil the Empire remains trapped in the coils of a desperate, destructive civil war. The only way Valerius can survive to reach Rome and be united with his lost love, Domitia Longina Corbulo, is to ally himself with Vitellius's enemies. On the way he must battle through a maze of distrust, corruption, bloody conflict and betrayal, with as many perils behind as there are in front.
9780552167949
Soldiers--Fiction.
Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
823.92
Enemy of Rome / Douglas Jackson. - Corgi edition. - 494 pages : maps ; 20 cm.
Originally published: London : Bantam Press, 2014.
In the dry heat of an August morning Gaius Valerius Verrens wakes filthy and bearded and prepares for his last day on earth. Wrongly accused by enemies on his own side, Valerius is destined to die a coward's death for deserting his legion on the field of Bedriacum. It is the summer of AD 69 and after a year of slaughter and turmoil the Empire remains trapped in the coils of a desperate, destructive civil war. The only way Valerius can survive to reach Rome and be united with his lost love, Domitia Longina Corbulo, is to ally himself with Vitellius's enemies. On the way he must battle through a maze of distrust, corruption, bloody conflict and betrayal, with as many perils behind as there are in front.
9780552167949
Soldiers--Fiction.
Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
823.92