Gods and Legions: Novel of Roman Empire

Gods and Legions: Novel of Roman Empire

Ford, Michael Curtis

     

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Издательство: Macmillan USA
Дата выхода: июль 2011
ISBN: 978-0-312-98940-8
Объём: 464 страниц

In the year, 354 , Julian, a sheltered scholar and pacifist lives in peace-until a summons from Emperor Constantine the Great changes the young man`s life forever. Dispatched to Gaul to help reclaim a beaten Roman territory from German barbarians, Julian displays a surprising and brutal genius for survival against impossible odds. Emerging as an unlikely hero and adored by a legion of zealots, his untapped ambition is ignited-to reign as the new emperor. It`s a position of power that`ll test the loyalty of his friends, stir the ire of enemies, and cast an ominous shadow over his mad, and most magnificently impossible conquest of the author of the acclaimed "The Ten Thousand" comes a breathtaking recreation of the historic rise to power of a ruthless yet unlikely leader plunged into the chaos of war-and his shocking fall that would become one of the most fascinating mysteries of the ages. A novel of courage and conviction, of loyalty and betrayal, of personal victory and dark ambition, "Gods and Legions" is epic storytelling at its most riveting.

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