War at the Edge of the World
- 416pages
- 15 heures de lecture
The epic first instalment in a sequence of novels set at the end of the Roman Empire, during the reign of the Emperor Constantine.
Crépuscule de l'EmpireSéries
Cette saga se déroule au IVe siècle tumultueux, une époque riche en conflits et en profonds bouleversements. Soyez témoin de l'ascension de figures puissantes et de l'effondrement des anciens ordres alors que le christianisme commence à façonner l'avenir de l'empire. Plongez dans un monde d'intrigues politiques, de batailles épiques et de bouleversements religieux qui ont irrémédiablement modifié le paysage romain. C'est une représentation captivante d'une époque où un nouvel âge a été forgé.
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The epic first instalment in a sequence of novels set at the end of the Roman Empire, during the reign of the Emperor Constantine.Aurelius Castus believes his glory days are over. He used to be a soldier in the elite legions of the Danube. Now he is stuck in Britain's provincial backwater. But history takes a hand when the king of the Picts, the savage people beyond Hadrian's Wall, dies in mysterious circumstances, and Castus is selected to command the bodyguard of a Roman envoy sent to negotiate with the barbarians.The diplomatic mission ends in bloody tragedy. Castus and his men are soon fighting for their lives and the legionary discovers that nothing about his doomed mission was ever what it seemed.
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Swords Around the Throne
- 432pages
- 16 heures de lecture
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
- 464pages
- 17 heures de lecture
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
- 464pages
- 17 heures de lecture
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
- 480pages
- 17 heures de lecture
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.
