Wounds of Honour
Language: English
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 2009
Series: Book 1 of 16 - Empire
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Photobook Library, Richmond Hill, ON, CanadaPhotobook Library
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Wounds of Honour by Anthony Riches, the opening volume of the Empire series and the author's debut novel. Set in Roman Britain during the reign of Commodus, it follows Marcus Valerius Aquila as he assumes a new identity and joins an auxiliary regiment on Hadrian's Wall, where rebellion draws him into a violent frontier war. The novel blends military action with the politics, loyalties and daily realities of Rome's northern frontier. | Published in Great Britain by Hodder & Stoughton in 2009, this hardcover is identified as the UK first edition and first printing. The copyright page gives the hardback ISBN 9780340920305. | Signed by Anthony Riches on the title page, with a handwritten line and the date 29/07/2009. The line appears to read, ?If the empire says he's a traitor, he's a traitor.? The inscription is not addressed to a named recipient. | The hardcover and dust jacket are in Very Good condition according to the seller. The dust jacket is present and protected in a removable clear plastic cover. Please review the supplied photographs for the appearance of this copy and its signed page.…
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- Title
- Wounds of Honour
- Author
- Anthony Riches
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Signed
- signed by author or artist
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0340920300
- ISBN 13
- 9780340920305
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Series
- Book 1 of 16: Empire
- Seller catalogs
- Literature & Fiction, Signed & First Editions
Marcus Valerius Aquila has scarcely landed in Britannia when he has to run for his life - condemned to dishonorable death by power-crazed Emperor Commodus. The plan is to take a new name, serve in an obscure regiment on Hadrian's Wall and lie low until he can hope for justice. Then a rebel army sweeps down from the wastes north of the Wall, and Marcus has to prove he's hard enough to lead a century in the front line of a brutal, violent war.
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About the Author
Anthony Riches began his lifelong interest in war and soldiers when he first heard his father's stories about World War II. This led to a degree in Military Studies at Manchester University. He began writing the story that would become Wounds of Honour after a visit to Housesteads Roman fort in 1996. He lives in Hertfordshire with his wife and three children.
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