Sword of Rome
Jackson, Douglas, 1956-2014
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AD 68. The Emperor Nero's erratic and bloody reign is in its death throes when Gaius Valerius Verrens is dispatched to Rome on a mission that will bring it to a close. With Nero dead, the city holds its breath and awaits the arrival his successor, Servius Sulpicius Galba, governor of Hispania. The Empire prays for peace, but it prays in vain. Galba promises stability and prosperity, but his rule begins with a massacre and ends only months later in chaos and carnage.
Main title:
Sword of Rome / Douglas Jackson.
Author:
Jackson, Douglas, 1956-, author
Imprint:
London : Corgi Books, 2014.London : Corgi Books, 2014.
Collation:
505 pages : maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Bantam Press, 2013.
ISBN:
9780552167918 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92FICTION
Local class:
F
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1566126