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Lucius Falerius is dead, and Rome in its entirety mourns the passing of its most powerful senator. It falls to his young son Marcellus to carry out his father's legacy and restore the rights promised to the defeated Sicilian slaves, yet there are those who will not see the honour of Rome compromised and the slaves assuaged. On the Roman border provinces there is trouble, and the legions move north to neutralise the threat posed by the Celts. The confederation of Celtic tribes is united under one Chieftain, the formidable and unpredictable Brennos, yet there is a plot to see him dead and the confederation broken. For Brennos, the treachery comes from within his own family, for which he will exact a brutal and bloody revenge.

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The story is fascinating and expertly told narrated intelligently and with elan. For readers who have liked Conn Iggulden s Emperor series this is required reading and is historical fiction at its very best.

The story is fascinating and expertly told--narrated intelligently and with elan. For readers who have liked Conn Iggulden's Emperor series this is required reading--and is historical fiction at its very best. --Historical Novels Review

The story is fascinating and expertly told--narrated intelligently and with lan. For readers who have liked Conn Iggulden's Emperor series this is required reading--and is historical fiction at its very best. --Historical Novels Review

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JACK LUDLOW is the pseudonym of David Donachie, who was born in Edinburgh in 1944. He has always had an abiding interest in the political climate of the Roman Rebublic. The author of a number of bestselling books, he now lives in Deal with his wife, the novelist Sarah Grazebrook.

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