Wallace Breem
Birth date: May 13, 1926
Died: March 12, 1990
Wallace Breem's Books
Enjoyed this, but not as much as Eagle in the Snow, which I listened to last year. Breem does a great job of the desolation/back of beyond/edge of empire kind of feel, but I found parts of the story hard to follow - possibly due to having to pay attention to driving rather than listening at critical...
Roman history is not my favorite, but this is a story of the "limes", the border, and the story of the end of the Roman Empire. First of all, the main character is a tired man, an old man, and tells us the story in first person. We can't avoid the fact that he is no more than a soldier, and talks an...
Super good. Such atmospheric writing. The description of the cold of winter left me feeling chilled. Not at all surprised this is a classic.
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