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Anthony Riches

    1 januari 1961

    Anthony Riches' levenslange fascinatie voor oorlog en soldaten, aangewakkerd door vroege verhalen over conflicten, vormt de basis van zijn literaire werk. Zijn academische studies in Militaire Wetenschappen voedden verder zijn toewijding aan het verkennen van de menselijke ervaring van dienstbaarheid. Riches duikt diep in de ingewikkelde motivaties en diepgaande gevolgen van het militaire leven, en biedt lezers een boeiend en inzichtelijk perspectief. Zijn verhalen belichten de moed en complexiteit waarmee individuen worden geconfronteerd in de context van historische oorlogsvoering.

    Anthony Riches
    Retribution: The Centurions III
    The Emperor's Knives: Empire VII
    Onslaught: The Centurions II
    Vengeance: Empire XII
    Thunder of the Gods: Empire VIII
    Storm of War. Empire XIII
    • Storm of War. Empire XIII

      • 320bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      A new civil war has begun: with the emperor Pertinax's murder Marcus and his protector Scaurus have escaped Rome, seeking sanctuary for their familia in the East. But they are soon pressed back into service by Septimius Severus, the ruthless commander who has seized the imperial capital and who holds the military balance of power over his two rivals. Niger, the would-be emperor in the East is on the march with six legions, and Scaurus's legion is ordered to Thrace as a sacrificial advance guard, tasked with delaying them. Whatever the cost...

      Storm of War. Empire XIII
      4,7
    • Thunder of the Gods: Empire VIII

      • 432bladzijden
      • 16 uur lezen

      The eighth book in the Empire sequence takes Centurion Marcus Aquila and his Tungrian legion on a dangerous mission to the heart of the Parthian empire.

      Thunder of the Gods: Empire VIII
      4,7
    • Vengeance: Empire XII

      • 336bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      In the twelfth Empire novel, Marcus Aquila returns to Rome, for his final reckoning with the Emperor Commodus.

      Vengeance: Empire XII
      4,6
    • Onslaught: The Centurions II

      • 432bladzijden
      • 16 uur lezen

      The author of the bestselling Empire series continues his new epic surrounding the uprising of the Batavi in AD 69

      Onslaught: The Centurions II
      4,5
    • The Emperor's Knives: Empire VII

      • 400bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen

      The action moves to Rome itself in the seventh novel in the Empire sequence, praised by authors including Conn Iggulden, Ben Kane and Manda Scott.

      The Emperor's Knives: Empire VII
      4,4
    • Retribution: The Centurions III

      • 416bladzijden
      • 15 uur lezen

      The author of the bestselling Empire series reaches the action-filled climax of his epic story of the uprising of the Batavi in AD 69.

      Retribution: The Centurions III
      4,4
    • The Eagle's Vengeance: Empire VI

      • 384bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen

      The barbarian leader Calgus defies both his barbarian captors and Britannia's legions - and Marcus Aquila - once more in the sixth thrilling novel in the Empire sequence, praised by fellow-authors Conn Iggulden, Ben Kane and Manda Scott.

      The Eagle's Vengeance: Empire VI
      4,4
    • Nemesis

      • 435bladzijden
      • 16 uur lezen

      Mickey Bale, a Met close protection officer, wants revenge on the mafia family who killed his sister.

      Nemesis
      4,4
    • Fortress of Spears: Empire III

      • 340bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      The Romans take the fight north from Hadrian's Wall - to the enemy's greatest stronghold.

      Fortress of Spears: Empire III
      4,3
    • Arrows of Fury: Empire II

      • 352bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      The thrilling sequel to WOUNDS OF HONOUR continues this action-packed series set in Roman Britain

      Arrows of Fury: Empire II
      4,3