Master of Rome

Stack, John

ISBN 10: 0007285272 / ISBN 13: 9780007285273

Edité par London : HarperCollins, 2011

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Signed by the author. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series: Masters of the sea. Physical description: vii, 373p. ; 24cm. Subjects: Punic wars -- Rome -- Fiction. 1 Kg.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Master of Rome
• Éditeur: London : HarperCollins
• Date de parution: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0007285272
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780007285273
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: First Edition.
• Poids: 1 kilogramme
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur

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Synopsis

A stirring adventure novel set amid the tumultuous clashes between the Roman and Carthaginian empires, battling for control of the Mediterranean, north Africa and Rome itself.

Atticus, the young Greek captain, is now a commander of the growing Roman navy, blockading a port near Tunis, when the Roman legions suffer terrible defeat by the triumphant Carthaginian army, spearheaded by the elephant charges. He and his ships escape together with the main body of the Roman fleet out manoevred by the more skillful Carthaginians and then caught and almost completely annhilated by a terrible storm.

Atticus and his crew are among the handful of survivors and being the messenger of this news to the Senta in Rome brings Atticus into political troubles, almost as stormy as the sea. He begins to feel not onlt that a greek will never be accepted by the Romans but also that the behaviour of many, noth politicians and soldiers, is such that he is not sure that he wants to be a Roman.

Full of dramatic battles by land and sea, led by tremendous characters on both sides, MASTER OF ROME is a powerful novel, the third in this bestselling series by a born storyteller.

À propos de l?auteur

John Stack was born and lives in County Cork. He has always wanted to write but spent a long time working in other fields. In 2009, with the publication of Ship of Rome, he fulfilled a lifelong ambition of becoming an author.