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Sword Of Rome
[Hardback - 2013]
douglas jackson
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Category: Fiction
Sub-category: Historical Fiction
Publisher: Bantam Uk | ISBN: 9780593070543 | Pages: 416
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"The story I now commence is rich in vicissitudes, grim with warfare, torn by civil strife, a tale of horror even during times of peace". (Tacitus, "The Histories" AD 68). The Emperor Nero s erratic and bloody reign is in its death throes when Gaius Valerius Verrens is dispatched to Rome on a mission that will bring it to a close. With Nero dead, the city holds its breath and awaits the arrival his successor, Servius Sulpicius Galba, governor of Hispania. The Empire prays for peace, but it prays in vain. Galba promises stability and prosperity, but his rule begins with a massacre and ends only months later in chaos and carnage. This will become known as the Year of the Four Emperors, a time of civil war which will tear Rome apart and test Valerius skills and loyalties to their very limit. Fortunate to survive Galba s fall, Valerius is sent on a mission by Rome s new Emperor, Otho, to his old friend Vitellius, commander of the armies of the north. Vitellius legions are on the march, and only Valerius can persuade him to halt them before the inevitable confrontation.

About the Author

A journalist by profession, Douglas Jackson transformed a lifelong fascination for Rome and the Romans in to his first two novels highly-praised novels, Caligula and Claudius. His third novel, Hero of Rome, introduced his ever-increasing number of readers to his new series hero, Gaius Valerius Verrens. Defender of Rome and Avenger of Rome followed and have won critical acclaim and confirmed Douglas as one of the UK s foremost historical novelists. An active member of the Historical Writers Association and the Historical Novels Society, He lives near Stirling in Scotland.

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