War at the Edge of the World
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- 15 uur lezen
The epic first instalment in a sequence of novels set at the end of the Roman Empire, during the reign of the Emperor Constantine.
Schemering van het KeizerrijkReeks
Deze sage speelt zich af in de tumultueuze 4e eeuw, een tijdperk vol conflicten en diepgaande transformaties. Wees getuige van de opkomst van machtige figuren en de ineenstorting van oude ordes, terwijl het christendom de toekomst van het rijk begint te vormen. Dompel jezelf onder in een wereld van politieke intriges, epische veldslagen en religieuze omwentelingen die het Romeinse landschap onherroepelijk veranderden. Het is een meeslepende weergave van een tijdperk waarin een nieuw tijdperk werd gesmeed.
Aanbevolen leesvolgorde
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- 2
Swords Around the Throne
- 432bladzijden
- 16 uur lezen
The second novel in this gripping series, set at the end of the Roman Empire, sees a treasonous conspiracy threatening to bring down the Emperor Constantine.
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Battle for Rome
- 464bladzijden
- 17 uur lezen
The third installment in the brilliant Twilight of Empire series sees Constantine battle to regain control of Rome from the tyrant Maxentius.
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The Mask of Command
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- 17 uur lezen
When a treacherous act of murder throws the western provinces into turmoil, Aurelius Castus is ordered to take command of the military forces on the Rhine. But he soon discovers that the frontier is a place where the boundaries between civilisation and barbarism, freedom and slavery, honour and treason have little meaning. At the very heart of the conflict are two vulnerable boys. One is Emperor Constantine's young heir, Crispus. The other is Castus's own beloved son, Sabinus. Only Castus stands between them and men who would kill them. With all that he loves in danger, Castus and a handful of loyal men must fight to defend the Roman Empire. But in the heat of battle, can he distinguish friend from enemy?
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The fifth novel in the Twilight of Empire series sees Aurelius Castus caught between loyalty to the Emperor Constantine and the plotting of his son.
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Triumph in Dust
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- 17 uur lezen
In the final instalment of the Twilight of Empire series, Aurelius Castus is ordered out of retirement to confront the King of Persia's challenge to Rome's authority in the east.