Masters of Rome / Robert Fabbri.
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TextSeries: Fabbri, Robert. Vespasian series ; 5.Publisher: London : Corvus, 2015Copyright date: ©2014Edition: Paperback editionDescription: 432 pages : map ; 20 cmContent type: cartographic image | text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780857899651; 0857899651Subject(s): Vespasian, Emperor of Rome, 9-79 | Vespasian, Emperor of Rome, 9-79 -- Fiction | 55 B.C. - 449 A.D | Historical fiction | Historical fiction | Brothers -- Fiction | Great Britain | Rome (Empire) | Great Britain -- History -- Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D -- Fiction | Rome -- History -- Claudius, 41-54 -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction. | Historical fiction. | Fiction. | History. | Historical fiction. DDC classification: 823.92 Summary: Britannia, 45 AD: Vespasian's brother, Sabinus, is captured by druids. The druids want to offer a potent sacrifice to their gods - not just one Roman Legate, but two. They know that Vespasian will come after his brother and they plan to sacrifice the siblings on mid-summer's day. But to whom will they be making this sacrifice? What were the gods of this land before the Celts came? Only the druids still hold the secret and it is one of pure malevolence...Vespasian must strive to save his brother whilst completing the conquest of the south-west of the haunted isle, before he is drawn inexorably back to Rome and the heart of Imperial politics. Claudius' three freedmen remain at the locus of power. As Messalina's time as Empress comes to a bloody end, the three freedmen each back a different mistress. But which woman will be victorious? And at what price for Vespasian?
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Britannia, 45 AD: Vespasian's brother, Sabinus, is captured by druids. The druids want to offer a potent sacrifice to their gods - not just one Roman Legate, but two. They know that Vespasian will come after his brother and they plan to sacrifice the siblings on mid-summer's day. But to whom will they be making this sacrifice? What were the gods of this land before the Celts came? Only the druids still hold the secret and it is one of pure malevolence...Vespasian must strive to save his brother whilst completing the conquest of the south-west of the haunted isle, before he is drawn inexorably back to Rome and the heart of Imperial politics. Claudius' three freedmen remain at the locus of power. As Messalina's time as Empress comes to a bloody end, the three freedmen each back a different mistress. But which woman will be victorious? And at what price for Vespasian?
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