Rebellion / Simon Scarrow.
By: Scarrow, Simon.
Series: Eagles of the empire: Publisher: London : Headline, 2024Description: 416 pages : illustration, map ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781472287113 (pbk.) :; 1472287118 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Cato, Quintus Licinius, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Macro, Lucius Cornelius, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Romans -- Great Britain -- Fiction | Historical | Historical | Modern & contemporary fiction | Historical adventure fiction | War & combat fiction | Historical fiction | Rome -- Army -- Officers -- Fiction | Great Britain -- History -- Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D. -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction.Summary: AD 60. Britannia is in turmoil. The rebel leader Boudica has tasted victory, against a force of tough veterans in Camulodunum. Alerted to the rapidly spreading uprising, Governor Suetonius leads his army towards endangered Londinium with a mounted escort, led by Prefect Cato. Soon it's terrifyingly clear that Britannia is slipping into chaos and panic, with ever more tribal warriors swelling Boudica's ranks. And Cato and Suetonius are grimly aware that little preparation has been made to withstand a full-scale rebellion. In Londinium there is devastating news. Centurion Macro is amongst those unaccounted for after the massacre at Camulodunum. Has Cato's comrade and friend made his last stand? Facing disaster, Cato prepares his next move. Dare he hope that Macro - battle-scarred and fearless - has escaped the bloodthirsty rebels?Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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AD 60. Britannia is in turmoil. The rebel leader Boudica has tasted victory, against a force of tough veterans in Camulodunum. Alerted to the rapidly spreading uprising, Governor Suetonius leads his army towards endangered Londinium with a mounted escort, led by Prefect Cato. Soon it's terrifyingly clear that Britannia is slipping into chaos and panic, with ever more tribal warriors swelling Boudica's ranks. And Cato and Suetonius are grimly aware that little preparation has been made to withstand a full-scale rebellion. In Londinium there is devastating news. Centurion Macro is amongst those unaccounted for after the massacre at Camulodunum. Has Cato's comrade and friend made his last stand? Facing disaster, Cato prepares his next move. Dare he hope that Macro - battle-scarred and fearless - has escaped the bloodthirsty rebels?