Author: David Baker
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1665594225
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
It is 429 AD and the Roman Empire is falling apart. When Germanus of Gaul is summoned to Rome to have an audience with the Pontifex Maximus, the Pope pleads with him to travel to Britannia, become Archbishop, and overthrow the Vortigern, the evil mastermind who plans to conquer Rome and the Empire. When Germanus finally agrees, he has no idea what lies ahead. After he arrives home, he is horrified to find his wife murdered and his son, Patricius, missing. When a mysterious red-haired Celtic queen arrives at the funeral celebrations, she entices Germanus to take her with him back to the island, along with Lupus, his adopted son. While in Britannia, Germanus becomes torn between the different factions that are battling to impose their beliefs and dominate both island and Empire. As he fights with Britons and Celts and against Saxons and the Vortigern’s crack troops, he finds a new love and a long-lost lover, comes face-to-face with his mortality, and encounters human sacrifice. Now he must decide what kind of man he is: pagan or Christian; Roman or British; general or bishop; emperor or pope. How he decides will not only seal his fate, but also that of an entire continent. In this exciting saga, a Roman general is led on an incredible journey through battles and human sacrifice to a personal choice with the power to transform history.
The Adventures of Germanus the Gaul
Author: David Baker
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1665594225
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
It is 429 AD and the Roman Empire is falling apart. When Germanus of Gaul is summoned to Rome to have an audience with the Pontifex Maximus, the Pope pleads with him to travel to Britannia, become Archbishop, and overthrow the Vortigern, the evil mastermind who plans to conquer Rome and the Empire. When Germanus finally agrees, he has no idea what lies ahead. After he arrives home, he is horrified to find his wife murdered and his son, Patricius, missing. When a mysterious red-haired Celtic queen arrives at the funeral celebrations, she entices Germanus to take her with him back to the island, along with Lupus, his adopted son. While in Britannia, Germanus becomes torn between the different factions that are battling to impose their beliefs and dominate both island and Empire. As he fights with Britons and Celts and against Saxons and the Vortigern’s crack troops, he finds a new love and a long-lost lover, comes face-to-face with his mortality, and encounters human sacrifice. Now he must decide what kind of man he is: pagan or Christian; Roman or British; general or bishop; emperor or pope. How he decides will not only seal his fate, but also that of an entire continent. In this exciting saga, a Roman general is led on an incredible journey through battles and human sacrifice to a personal choice with the power to transform history.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1665594225
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
It is 429 AD and the Roman Empire is falling apart. When Germanus of Gaul is summoned to Rome to have an audience with the Pontifex Maximus, the Pope pleads with him to travel to Britannia, become Archbishop, and overthrow the Vortigern, the evil mastermind who plans to conquer Rome and the Empire. When Germanus finally agrees, he has no idea what lies ahead. After he arrives home, he is horrified to find his wife murdered and his son, Patricius, missing. When a mysterious red-haired Celtic queen arrives at the funeral celebrations, she entices Germanus to take her with him back to the island, along with Lupus, his adopted son. While in Britannia, Germanus becomes torn between the different factions that are battling to impose their beliefs and dominate both island and Empire. As he fights with Britons and Celts and against Saxons and the Vortigern’s crack troops, he finds a new love and a long-lost lover, comes face-to-face with his mortality, and encounters human sacrifice. Now he must decide what kind of man he is: pagan or Christian; Roman or British; general or bishop; emperor or pope. How he decides will not only seal his fate, but also that of an entire continent. In this exciting saga, a Roman general is led on an incredible journey through battles and human sacrifice to a personal choice with the power to transform history.
With Caesar's Legions
Author: Reuben Field Wells
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gaul
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gaul
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
For Freedom and for Gaul
Author: Paul Anderson
Publisher: Biblo & Tannen Publishers
ISBN: 9780819601025
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Set in ancient Gaul, this historical story tells of the adventures of Taranis, a lad of noble Gallic blood, who joins the forces under Vercingetorix opposing Caesar in his conquest of Gaul for Rome.
Publisher: Biblo & Tannen Publishers
ISBN: 9780819601025
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Set in ancient Gaul, this historical story tells of the adventures of Taranis, a lad of noble Gallic blood, who joins the forces under Vercingetorix opposing Caesar in his conquest of Gaul for Rome.
The Haskins Society Journal Studies in Medieval History
Author: Robert Patterson
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9781852850593
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
The Haskins Society, named after the celebrated American medievalist Charles Homer Haskins, was founded in 1982 to provide a forum for the discussion and study of English and related continental history in the middle ages.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9781852850593
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
The Haskins Society, named after the celebrated American medievalist Charles Homer Haskins, was founded in 1982 to provide a forum for the discussion and study of English and related continental history in the middle ages.
From Roman Britain to Norman England
Author: P.H. Sawyer
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134682476
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
This revised edition of the classic text of the period provides both the student and the specialist with an informative account of post-Roman English society. After a general survey of the main developments from the fourth century to the eleventh, the book offers analysis of: * social organization * the changing character of kingship, of royal government and the influence of the church * the history of settlement * the making of the landscape * the growth of towns and trade * the consequences of the Norman Conquest. The author also considers the various influences; British, Frankish, Viking and Christian that helped shape English society and contributed to the making of a united kingdom.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134682476
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
This revised edition of the classic text of the period provides both the student and the specialist with an informative account of post-Roman English society. After a general survey of the main developments from the fourth century to the eleventh, the book offers analysis of: * social organization * the changing character of kingship, of royal government and the influence of the church * the history of settlement * the making of the landscape * the growth of towns and trade * the consequences of the Norman Conquest. The author also considers the various influences; British, Frankish, Viking and Christian that helped shape English society and contributed to the making of a united kingdom.
Germanus
Author: Anthony Birney
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781425910099
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
This is the story of Germanus, a Roman cavalry officer, who is caught up in the greatest event of Hadrian's Wall, its invasion by the Picts and Scots in 367 AD. The barbarians occupy most of Britain until they are driven back in 369. Two years before this event Germanus was posted from Gaul to a small fort on Hadrian's Wall, Pons Aelius (Newcastle), as a punishment for sexual misdemeanours. There he falls in love with Juliona. Later he is transferred to Cilurnum fort near Corbridge, which is overcome by the Picts. Germanus escapes, and in the chaos he finds Juliona again. They marry, but Juliona is killed during the Picts' withdrawal, and Germanus overcome with grief, finally leaves Britain.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781425910099
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
This is the story of Germanus, a Roman cavalry officer, who is caught up in the greatest event of Hadrian's Wall, its invasion by the Picts and Scots in 367 AD. The barbarians occupy most of Britain until they are driven back in 369. Two years before this event Germanus was posted from Gaul to a small fort on Hadrian's Wall, Pons Aelius (Newcastle), as a punishment for sexual misdemeanours. There he falls in love with Juliona. Later he is transferred to Cilurnum fort near Corbridge, which is overcome by the Picts. Germanus escapes, and in the chaos he finds Juliona again. They marry, but Juliona is killed during the Picts' withdrawal, and Germanus overcome with grief, finally leaves Britain.
The Scholar's History of England ...
Author: Sir James Henry Ramsay (bart.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
The Foundations of England; Or, Twelve Centuries of British History (B.C. 55-A.D. 1154): B.C. 55-A.D. 1066
Author: Sir James Henry Ramsay
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
With Caesars Legions
Author: R. F. Wells
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Battle for Gaul
Author: Julius Caesar
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description