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Harry Sidebottom
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The Burning Road
Ballista returns in The Burning Road. Just published. Available in all good bookshops, as they say, on Amazon, with good discount, and, if you live in the UK, at ASDA, with a massive discount.
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Fire in the East (Warrior of Rome, #1)
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2008
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King of Kings (Warrior of Rome, #2)
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2009
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Lion of the Sun (Warrior of Rome, #3)
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2010
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The Caspian Gates (Warrior of Rome, #4)
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2011
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38 editions
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The Wolves of the North (Warrior of Rome, #5)
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2012
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The Amber Road (Warrior of Rome, #6)
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2013
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Iron and Rust (Throne of the Caesars, #1)
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2014
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The Return
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The Last Hour (Warrior of Rome #7)
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The Burning Road (Warrior of Rome #8)
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Harry Sidebottom
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Robert Causley's review
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Fire and Sword (Throne of the Caesars #3):
"3.5 stars, actually
Given the difficulties of narrating the complex culmination of the Year of the Six Emperors, this was a pretty good book. The first 3/4 are particularly well done and make for some nice hours of page turning. As well, many of the h" Read more of this review » |
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"This short volume problematizes the notion of a "Western way of war," showing that western cultures didn't follow the pattern of open, decisive battles for many centuries. Still, the ways ancient cultures "thought with war" is highlighted, in which w"
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"This VSI gets deep into the weeds of ancient warfare. I learned a lot and found this enjoyable, although I imagine many would grow weary of some of the granular detail. Sidebottom seems knowledgeable about war in all periods, and he frequently takes "
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"Sidebottom uses this book as an introduction to Ancient Warfare, scratching the surface of all aspects of it. The main reason to read this though is the thread that carries across all the chapters, his criticism of the idea of the Western Way of War."
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Harry Sidebottom
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Rose’s review
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The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome
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Hi Rose, Very glad you enjoyed the book. Actually there are reasonably comprehensive end notes and bibliography available online at the publisher`s si
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“Maximus was cleaning his blade on the dead man’s wolfskin. ‘You promised him his life,’ the Greek said. ‘No, I said death was his last worry.’ Maximus swung up on to Pale Horse. ‘Is that not so for all of us?”
― Lion of the Sun
― Lion of the Sun
“Nie rozumiesz. Każda religia, która nakazuje wyznawcom kochać odległego, zapewne wymyślonego boga bardziej od tych, których powinni kochać, rodziny, przyjaciół, a przede wszystkim dzieci, jest okrutna i nieludzka. Więc jak widzisz, nie sądzę, żebym należał do ludzi, których można nawrócić na wiarę w waszego ukrzyżowanego boga.”
― King of Kings
― King of Kings
“I take it you do not agree with your countrymen’s religious practices.’
‘Oh no,’ said Hippothous. ‘I am not Cilician by birth. Mine has been a long and tragic path. I was born in Perinthus, the noble city close by Byzantium. My father was on the Boule. When I was young, I fell desperately in love. Hyperanthes was nearly my age. Stripped for wrestling in the gymnasium, he was like a god. And his eyes – no sidelong glances or fearsome looks, no trace of villainy or dissembling.’
As they ate, Hippothous told them a tale of love, lust, subterfuge, murder, flight, shipwreck, loss and exile – a tale worthy of a Greek romance.
‘Probably from a fucking Greek romance,’ muttered Calgacus.”
― Lion of the Sun
‘Oh no,’ said Hippothous. ‘I am not Cilician by birth. Mine has been a long and tragic path. I was born in Perinthus, the noble city close by Byzantium. My father was on the Boule. When I was young, I fell desperately in love. Hyperanthes was nearly my age. Stripped for wrestling in the gymnasium, he was like a god. And his eyes – no sidelong glances or fearsome looks, no trace of villainy or dissembling.’
As they ate, Hippothous told them a tale of love, lust, subterfuge, murder, flight, shipwreck, loss and exile – a tale worthy of a Greek romance.
‘Probably from a fucking Greek romance,’ muttered Calgacus.”
― Lion of the Sun
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