Invictus
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IFYOUDON'TKNOWSIMONSCARROW,YOUDON'TKNOWROME
TheSundayTimesbestseller.INVICTUSisagripping,authenticandexcitingnoveloftheRomanarmyfrombestsellingauthorSimonScarrow.NottobemissedbyreadersofConnIgguldenandBernardCornwell.
ItisAD54.ThesoldiersoftheRomanarmypatrolagrowingEmpire,fromtheMediterraneantotheNorthSea,fromtheAtlantictothebanksoftheNile.Romebrutallyenforcesitsrule,anditslegionsarethemostefficientandaggressivefightingforceintheworld.Twobattle-scarredveteransofthisarmy,PrefectCatoandCenturionMacro,havesurvivedyearsofcampaigninginBritanniaandhavebeenrecalledtoRome.Theirtimeintheteeming,dangerouslypoliticalcityisshort,andsoontheyaretravellingwiththePraetorianGuardtoSpain,arestlesscolonywheresimmeringtensioninthefaceofRomanruleisaggravatedbybitterrivalryamongstthenatives.Thechallengesthatfacetwooldfriendsandtheircomradesinarmsareunlikeanytheyhaveseenbefore-inalandthatdeclaresitselfunconquerable...
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Simon Scarrow este un scriitor britanic. După ce a lucrat la Inland Revenue, Scarrow a absolvit un master la Universitatea din East Anglia și apoi a devenit lector, mai întâi la East Norfolk Sixth Form College, apoi la City College Norwich.
