Author: David Barbaree
Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
ISBN: 1785762680
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 481
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'Outstanding. An extraordinary recreation of ancient Rome. Miss this at your peril' Ben Kane More gripping than Game of Thrones and more ruthless than House of Cards - this a stunning new thriller of power, treachery and revenge *Longlisted for the Historical Writers Association Debut Crown Award* In a darkened cell, a brutally deposed dictator lies crippled - deprived of his power, his freedom - and his eyes. On the edge of utter despair, his only companion is the young boy who brings him his meagre rations, a mere child who fears his own shadow. But to one who has held and lost the highest power, one thing alone is crystal clear: even emperors were mere children once. Ten years later, the new ruler's son watches uneasily over his father's empire. Wherever he looks rebellion is festering, and those closest to him have turned traitor once before. To this city in crisis comes a hugely wealthy senator from the very edge of the empire, a young and angry ward at his heels. He is witty but inscrutable, generous with his time and money to a leader in desperate need of a friend - and he wears a bandage over his blinded eyes. The fallen emperor's name is Nero. But this isn't his story. 'This marvellous debut moves backwards and forwards in time to tell the story of Nero's possible and astonishing tale' Sunday Express 'Barbaree has delivered an extraordinary first novel, impressing with its complex plotting, powerful imagination, strong and authentic characters, and the author's gift for making fiction seem so palpably real. Politics, scheming, corruption, barbarity and betrayal... the best bits of Roman history but with an original new twist!' Lancashire Evening Post 'A blinder! 5 stars' Weekend Sport
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Languages : en
Pages : 62
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Author: Scotland Church of gen. assembly
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Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Author: John Gordon LORIMER (D.D.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 22
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Author: William Norris Nicholson
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Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Author: John Gordon Lorimer (D.D.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Author: Gordon Smith
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1937470172
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 478
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Comprehensive list of day-to-day naval actions from July 1943 through September 1943. Major events include Allied invasions of Sicily and Italy, plus continued action in the Solomon and New Guinea Islands, and the US liberation of Kiska Island.
Author: William Norris Nicholson
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Category : Satara (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Author: William D Arand
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ISBN: 9781086694154
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Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Ryker only had one goal in his life right now: Turn a certain adventuring guild into a flaming wreck while dancing merrily through the smoldering ruins. All for the chance to get back at a handful of people.It didn't work out that way though.At all.He'd died, been forced into the body of an Avatar, absconded with the queen as her castle fell to betrayal, kidnapped a little kid who is obviously more than he seems, and to top all that off, he killed his undead father. The smoldering ruins of the Queendom have cooled, the patterns reset, and Ryker has a task that is more than likely too much for him.Take the Queendom back, destroy two armies, and give Lauren, the rightful queen, back her crown.Warning and minor spoiler: This novel contains graphic violence, undefined relationships/harem, unconventional opinions/beliefs, and a hero who is as tactful as a dog at a cat show. Read at your own risk
Author: Claude Delaval Cobham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316613054
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 109
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Originally published in 1911, this book provides an index for a work presenting short lives of the bishops of Constantinople.
