Name: when the eagle hunts
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Author: Simon Scarrow
ISBN: 9780312305369

Type

Physical Book

Author

Simon Scarrow

Publisher

St. Martin's Press

Language

English

Pages

274

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 1.8 cm

Weight

0.36 kg.

ISBN

0312305362

ISBN13

9780312305369

Synopsis "when the eagle hunts"

Well-paced and intricately plotted, When the Eagle Hunts is a brazen tale of military adventure, political intrigue, and a suicide mission. Is the unflinching courage of the Roman army a match for the ruthless barbarity of the British tribes? In the bitter winter of a.d. 44, the Roman troops in Britain are impatiently awaiting the arrival of spring so that the campaign to conquer the island can be renewed. But the native Britons are growing more cunning in their resistance, constantly snapping at the heels of the mighty Roman forces. When the most brutal of the native tribesmen, the Druids of the Dark Moon, capture the shipwrecked wife and children of General Plautius, quick action is called for. Two volunteers from the crack Second Legion must venture deep into hostile territory in a desperate attempt to rescue the prisoners. Centurion Macro and his optio, Cato, find themselves slipping out of camp in the dead of night to reach the General's family before they are sacrificed to the Druids' dark gods. They know they are heading towards an almost certain death, and their only hope is that, with sheer courage and ingenuity, they can outwit the most ruthless foes they've ever faced.

Simon Scarrow

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British writer born in Nigeria, Simon Scarrow lived in several countries before residing in the United Kingdom. He graduated in Teaching at the University of East Anglia and, after working for the Inland Revenue agency, he took a position as a teacher at City College Norwich.

Scarrow began publishing in the year 2000, and in 2005, following the success of his first novels, he left his day job to dedicate himself to writing full-time.

Scarrow is the author of historical fiction novels, most of them set in the Roman Empire, although he has also written about Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington in his Revolution series.

Among his works, titles such as The Eagle of the Empire, Centurion, The Gladiator, or Blood Crows, among others, should be highlighted.

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