No Roads Leads to Rome - Couverture souple

Gompertz, R. S.

 
9780982582909: No Roads Leads to Rome
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0982582900 ISBN 13 : 9780982582909
Editeur : Via del Prat, 2013

Synopsis

Spain 123 AD. The humor filled decline and fall of damn near everything on the fringes of the Roman Empire.From Publishers Weekly:The Roman Empire is at a crossroads, and Emperor Hadrian, realizing that continued expansion will make the empire's borders indefensible, decrees consolidation to a size the legions can better guard. That story is told here in a confusion of the historical, the comical, the metaphorical, and the adventurous that mostly (and surprisingly) holds together fairly well. In the province of Hispania, the governor, Festus Rufius, has just taken over for his murdered predecessor, veteran Centurion Marcus Valerius.Surviving on graft, plots, kickbacks and bribery, the Empire lurches on while Hispania is beset by slave revolts, food riots, uncollected taxes, and bad wine. And so the province's leadership must resort to a series of desperate illusions to disguise its failings.All this is recounted swiftly, with verve, panache, and a light tread that makes for a delightful, well told tale.Publisher's Description:It's AD 123. On the edge of the Roman Empire, a dead governor leaves behind the opportunity of a lifetime.Mysteriously promoted, a senator’s son finds himself in an ancient world of trouble. Within days of taking office, Hispania’s taxpayers are in open revolt, all legionaries depart to build Hadrian's Wall, and the once-sleepy province is rocked by slave revolts, bread riots, and fad religions.A quixotic saga steeped in humor and history, "No Roads Lead to Rome" chronicles the clumsy schemes of the new governor and his shadowy adviser, a superstitious centurion's struggle to save his faith in the faded ideals of the Republic, and a young rebel's reluctant vow to change the course of history. All are pitted against the Gods, the Emperor, and the decline and fall of nearly everything.It's AD 123--a time not unlike the present--and No Roads Lead to Rome.

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À propos de l?auteur

R.S. Gompertz grew up in a suburb of Disneyland. He has lived and worked in the USA, France and Spain. He writes historical fiction served up in a thick broth of humor and adventure. "No Roads to Rome" and "Aqueduct to Nowhere" are his companion novels that wink at the modern world through a 2000 year old lens.

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Éditeur
Via del Prat
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0982582900
ISBN 13 
9780982582909
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
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