Warrior of Rome IV: The Caspian Gates (Warrior of Rome, 4) - Softcover

Sidebottom, Harry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141046163 ISBN 13: 9780141046167

Publisher: Penguin, 2012

Synopsis

The Caspian Gates is the fourth in Harry Sidebottom's captivating Warrior of Rome Series.

AD262 - the Imperium is in turmoil after the struggle for the throne. Furthermore, Ephesus, Asia's metropolis, lies in ruins, shattered by a mighty earthquake. Its citizens live in fear as the mob overwhelms the city, baying for blood to avenge the gods who have punished them.

Yet an even greater threat to the Empire advances from the North. The barbaric Goth tribes sail towards Ephesus, determined to pillage the city. Only Ballista, Warrior of Rome, knows the ways of the barbarians, and only he can defeat them.

The Goths' appetite for brutality and destruction is limitless and before long Ballista is locked into a deadly bloodfeud, with an enemy that has sworn to destroy him - and the Imperium - at all costs.

Dr Harry Sidebottom is a leading authority on ancient warfare - he applies his knowledge with a spectacular flair for sheer explosive action and knuckle-whitening drama. Fans of Bernard Cornwell will love Sidebottom's recreation of the ancient world.

Praise for Harry Sidebottom:
'Sidebottom's prose blazes with searing scholarship' The Times
'The best sort of red-blooded historical fiction' Andrew Taylor, author of The American Boy

Dr. Harry Sidebottom is Fellow of St Benets Hall, and Lecturer at Lincoln College, Oxford - where he specializes in ancient warfare and classical art.

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Review:

Praise for the Warrior of Rome series:

"Sidebottom's prose blazes with searing scholarship." --"The Times"

"Superior . . . fiction, with depth, authenticity and a sense of place." --"Times Literary Supplement"

"A storming Roman epic with explosive action and knuckle-whitening drama." --"The Guardian"

"I don't think I've ever experienced antiquity so directly: the brutality, the directness of expression and feeling, the deep bonds formed amid unmitigated violence." --David Konstan, Professor of Classics, Boston University

Praise for the Warrior of Rome series:
"Sidebottom's prose blazes with searing scholarship." --"The Times"
"Superior . . . fiction, with depth, authenticity and a sense of place." --"Times Literary Supplement"
"A storming Roman epic with explosive action and knuckle-whitening drama." --"The Guardian"
"I don't think I've ever experienced antiquity so directly: the brutality, the directness of expression and feeling, the deep bonds formed amid unmitigated violence." --David Konstan, Professor of Classics, Boston University

About the Author:

Dr Harry Sidebottom is a Fellow of St Benet's Hall and lecturer at Lincoln College, Oxford, where he specializes in ancient warfare and classical art. All six of his Warrior of Rome novels are available from Penguin in paperback and ebook.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0141046163
• ISBN 13: 9780141046167
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448