Defender of Rome (Douglas Jackson)
Synopsis of "Defender of Rome", second book of "Gaius Valerius Verrens" by Douglas Jackson: Gaius Valerius Verrens returns to Rome from the successful campaign against Boudicca in Britain. Now hailed a 'Hero of Rome', Valerius is not the man he once was carred both physically and emotionally by the battles he has fought, his sister is mortally ill, his father in self-imposed exile. And neither is Rome the same city as the one he left.
The Emperor Nero grows increasingly paranoid. Those who seek power for themselves whisper darkly in the emperor's ears. They speak of a new threat, one found within the walls of Rome itself. A new religious sect, the followers of Christus, deny Nero's divinity and are rumoured to be spreading sedition. Nero calls on his 'Hero of Rome' to become a 'Defender of Rome', to seek out this rebel sect, to capture their leader, a man known as Petrus. Failure would be to forfeit his life, and the lives of twenty thousands Judaeans living in Rome. But as Valerius begins his search, a quest which will take him to the edge of the empire, he will discover that success may cost him nearly as much as failure.
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One of the reasons why I started this bookish blog is that I have a drive to write about things that mean a lot to me, in this case stories. Douglas..https://forwinternights.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/defender-of-rome-by-douglas-jackson-a-review/
Mr. Jackson had told me the second book was quite a bit different from the first book in the series, so at this point I had reservations about the d..http://ancientimes.blogspot.com.es/2015/03/review-defender-of-rome-by-douglas.html
I was totally blown away by this book, the last Verrens title "Hero of Rome" was in my opinion a step up in writing from Douglas Jacksons ..http://www.thehwa.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=359.0
Defender of Rome is a good historical novel, well written and quite interesting. However, it does not, in my opinion, compare favorably with the fir..http://bookgazette.com/2012/defender-of-rome-by-douglas-jackson/
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