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Anthony Riches

    1 janvier 1961

    La fascination de longue date d'Anthony Riches pour la guerre et les soldats, suscité par les premières histoires de conflits, sous-tend son œuvre littéraire. Ses études universitaires en sciences militaires ont alimenté davantage son dévouement à explorer l'expérience humaine du service. Riches se penche sur les motivations complexes et les impacts profonds de la vie militaire, offrant aux lecteurs une perspective captivante et éclairée. Ses récits éclairent le courage et les complexités auxquels sont confrontés les individus dans le contexte de la guerre historique.

    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

      • 320pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      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

      • 432pages
      • 16 heures de lecture

      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

      • 336pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      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

      • 432pages
      • 16 heures de lecture

      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

      • 400pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      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

      • 416pages
      • 15 heures de lecture

      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

      • 384pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      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

      • 435pages
      • 16 heures de lecture

      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

      • 340pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      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

      • 352pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

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

      Arrows of Fury: Empire II
      4,3