Warrior of Rome I: Fire in the East

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Warrior of Rome I: Fire in the East
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Harry Sidebottom
SeriesWarrior of Rome
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:448
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreHistorical adventure
ISBN/Barcode 9780141032290
ClassificationsDewey:823.92
Audience
General
Illustrations none

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
Publication Date 1 April 2009
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The block-busting paperback of Penguin's biggest-selling hardback debut of 2008 The year is AD 255 - the Roman Imperium is stretched to breaking point, its authority and might challenged along every border. The greatest threat lies in Persia to the east, where the massing forces of the Sassanid Empire loom with fiery menace. There the isolated Roman citadel of Arete awaits inevitable invasion. One man is sent to marshal the defences and shore up crumbling walls. A man whose name itself means war- a man called Ballista. Alone, Ballista is called to muster the forces and the courage to stand first and to stand hard against the greatest enemy ever to confront the Imperium. This is part one of Warrior of Rome- an epic of empire, of heroes, of treachery, of courage, and most of all, a story of brutal bloody warfare.

Author Biography

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.

Reviews

'Sidebottom's prose blazes with searing scholarship' The Times 'A well-constructed, well-paced and gripping account' TLS 'The best sort of red-blooded historical fiction' - Andrew Taylor, author of 'The American Boy'