Rebellion
Scarrow, Simon2023
Book
Total copies: 6
An epic military adventure novel pits Roman army heroes Macro and Cato against Boudica: the terrifying Queen of the Britons. From bestselling Simon Scarrow, author of Death to the Emperor and The Honour of Rome 'Roman discipline clashes with ferocious hordes in Scarrow's epic mix of sword, sweat and savagery' THE SUN1st-century Britannia is the setting for an epic and action-packed novel of tribal uprisings, battles to the death and unmatched courage in the Roman army ranks. From Simon Scarrow, author of the bestsellers The Honour of Rome, Centurion and The Gladiator, comes the 22nd Eagles of the Empire novel.AD 60. Britannia is in turmoil. The rebel leader Boudica has tasted victory, against a force of tough veterans in Camulodunum.Alerted to the rapidly spreading uprising, Governor Suetonius leads his army towards endangered Londinium with a mounted escort, led by Prefect Cato. Soon it's terrifyingly clear that Britannia is slipping into chaos and panic, with ever more tribal warriors swelling Boudica's ranks. And Cato and Suetonius are grimly aware that little preparation has been made to withstand a full-scale rebellion. In Londinium there is devastating news. Centurion Macro is amongst those unaccounted for after the massacre at Camulodunum. Has Cato's comrade and friend made his last stand? Facing disaster, Cato prepares his next move. Dare he hope that Macro - battle-scarred and fearless - has escaped the bloodthirsty rebels? For there is only one man Cato trusts by his side as he faces the military campaign of his life. And the future of the Empire in Britannia hangs in the balance.
Main title:
Rebellion / Simon Scarrow.
Author:
Scarrow, Simon, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Headline, 2023.
Collation:
398 pages : map (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Series title:
ISBN:
9781472287076 (hbk)9781472287090 (ePub ebook)
Dewey class:
823.92
LC class:
PR6119.C37
Language:
English
Subject:
Cato, Quintus Licinius (Fictitious character) -- FictionMacro, Lucius Cornelius (Fictitious character) -- FictionRomans -- Great Britain -- FictionRome -- Army -- Officers -- FictionGreat Britain -- History -- Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D. -- FictionHistorical fictionHistoricalHistorical fictionHistorical adventure fictionModern & contemporary fictionWar & combat fictionThriller / suspense fiction
BRN:
681537