Rome: The Emperor's Spy

作者: M.C. Scott 著

出版社: Bantam

出版时间: 2011-03

ISBN: 9780553825749

定价: 82.90

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 512页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>文学

FromthebestsellingauthoroftheBoudicanovels,TheFireofRomeisagrippingrace-against-timehistoricaladventureinthebestsellingtraditionofRobertHarris’sPompeii.AD34:SebastosPanteraistwelve.TrainingforthetimewhenhetoowillbeasoldierofRome,hefollowshisfathertoagardentombontheoutskirtsofJerusalemwherehewatcheshimgreettwomenandaheavilypregnantwoman.Inamomentthatchangeshislifeforever,heseesawoundedrevolutionarybeingbroughtoutofthetombalive...Twentyyearslater,PanterareturnsfromfiveyearsundercoverinBritanniaasassassinandspyfortheLegions.Heissickofspying,butadeadlycombinationofoldloyaltiesandasenseofunfinishedbusinesscombinetolurehimhomewardtothecityofRomewhere,hisformermentorandspymaster,theMachiavellianSenecatheYounger,chargeshimwithrootingouttherevolutionariesresponsibleforthecity’sseethingunrest.Panteradiscoversthatthemaintroublemakerisnoneotherthanhisclosestfriend,Saulos,arecentconverttothenewreligionofChristianity,andSaulosisplanningthebiggestsingleactofterrorismtheRomanEmpirehasknown.Spying,forbiddensecrets,anancientmanuscriptandanapocalypticfirecombineinagrippingthrillerthatwillchangethewaywethinkabouttheancientworld.FromtheTradePaperbackedition. MandaScott’sfirstnovelHen’sTeethwasshortlistedfortheOrangePrize.FromtheTradePaperbackedition.
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FromthebestsellingauthoroftheBoudicanovels,TheFireofRomeisagrippingrace-against-timehistoricaladventureinthebestsellingtraditionofRobertHarris’sPompeii.AD34:SebastosPanteraistwelve.TrainingforthetimewhenhetoowillbeasoldierofRome,hefollowshisfathertoagardentombontheoutskirtsofJerusalemwherehewatcheshimgreettwomenandaheavilypregnantwoman.Inamomentthatchangeshislifeforever,heseesawoundedrevolutionarybeingbroughtoutofthetombalive...Twentyyearslater,PanterareturnsfromfiveyearsundercoverinBritanniaasassassinandspyfortheLegions.Heissickofspying,butadeadlycombinationofoldloyaltiesandasenseofunfinishedbusinesscombinetolurehimhomewardtothecityofRomewhere,hisformermentorandspymaster,theMachiavellianSenecatheYounger,chargeshimwithrootingouttherevolutionariesresponsibleforthecity’sseethingunrest.Panteradiscoversthatthemaintroublemakerisnoneotherthanhisclosestfriend,Saulos,arecentconverttothenewreligionofChristianity,andSaulosisplanningthebiggestsingleactofterrorismtheRomanEmpirehasknown.Spying,forbiddensecrets,anancientmanuscriptandanapocalypticfirecombineinagrippingthrillerthatwillchangethewaywethinkabouttheancientworld.FromtheTradePaperbackedition.
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MandaScott’sfirstnovelHen’sTeethwasshortlistedfortheOrangePrize.FromtheTradePaperbackedition.

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