Warrior of Rome I: Fire in the East - Couverture souple

Harry Sidebottom

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0718154282 ISBN 13 : 9780718154288

Editeur : Penguin Books Frankfurt

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The first novel in a gripping historical adventure series - set in the late era of the Roman Empire, as the first flames rise in the war with the Persians. Featuring the rugged and charismatic warrior, Marcus Ballista - as he is sent to the eastern badlands to try to shore up the failing outposts of the great Roman Empire.

AD 255 - the Roman Imperium is stretched to breaking point, its authority and might challenged throughout the territories and along every border. Yet the most lethal threat lurks far to the east in Persia, where the massing forces of the Sassanid Empire loom with fiery menace. The far flung and isolated citadel of Arête faces out across the wasteland, awaiting the inevitable invasion.

One man is sent to marshall the defences of this lonely city - one man to shore up the crumbling walls of a once indomitable symbol of Roman power 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 greatest enemy ever to confront the Imperium.

And so unfolds an epic drama - a story of empire, of heroes, of treachery, of courage, and most of all, a story of brutal bloody warfare.

Revue de presse :

A book of immense charm; a sort of P G Wodehouse meets Alexander McCall Smith (Joanne Harris)

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À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Books Frankfurt
• ISBN 10: 0718154282
• ISBN 13: 9780718154288
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 432