The Forgotten Legion
Format: kindle
ASIN: B009LI5ADY
Publish date: January 5th 2010
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Pages no: 544
Edition language: English
Series: Forgotten Legion Chronicles (#1)
At best, I have a layman's interest in Ancient Rome. But I came across this novel in the downtown bookstore a few weeks ago, thumbed through its contents, was intrigued, and bought it.This is the first novel in a trilogy. There are 4 principal characters who are at the heart of the story. Tarqu...
Recipe for a Ben Kane book: add in lots of violence, hot women (who will be subject to big dollups of mysogyny/prostitution), a druid/seer and a barbarian warrior. Mix together and throw in to a turbulent period in Rome's history. Crowbar into the narrative tedious descriptions of ancient weapons an...
I have to confess I only took this out from my library as an audio book because of the reader who was Michael Praed whom I had a not so adolescence crush on since Robin of Sherwood.Synopsis"Romulus and Fabiola are twins, born into slavery after their mother is raped by a drunken nobleman. At thirtee...