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 The Eagle's Conquest - Simon Scarrow
Newest Review: ... and Cato's courage and all of Rome's ingenuous warfare tactics for them to win. Things are made more difficult when the army ... more  ... is told to wait for the current Emperor to arrive so that he can bask in the glory of victory. With such a powerful man on his way Cato finds himself fighting a war against the British whilst trying to uncover a plot that could lead to an assassination.
'Conquest' is by no means a bad novel, but in many ways it could have been so much better. A lot of the advertising on this book compares it to Bernard Cornwell's 'Sharpe' series and suggests that this is just as good. I probably agree with this, but I get the ...more |
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The Eagle's Conquest - Simon Scarrow: Onward Roman Soldiers - Marching Off to War! (828 words)
by - written on 10/01/08 (Very useful, 65 readings)
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Rome's conquering of new territories is one of the richest and most interesting time periods in which to set a book. The juxtaposition of power and attitudes between Rome and the areas that surrounded it means there are loads of different areas to explore. One such outside area that always posed great interest for the Romans was the mysterious island off the coast of Gaul. That's right; Britain was a mysterious land across the water that contained many powerful tribes from the South Coast all the way to Scotland. When writing a book that follows Rome's great conquering of Britain there must be a crate load of action and battles to write about, so why is the second ... Read the complete review
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