Book description
When Centurion Macro arrives on British soil as one of Emperor
Claudius's invasion force in 43 AD, he is facing one of the toughest
campaigns of his battle-scarred career. In a series of bloody
skirmishes, Macro and his young subordinate, Optio Cato, and the
desperately outnumbered Roman army must find and defeat the enemy before
he grows strong enough to overwhelm the legions. But the Britons are not
the only foe facing Macro and Cato. A sinister organisation opposed to
the Emperor is secretly betraying the invaders. And when rumours of an
assassination attempt coincide with the Emperor's arrival on British
soil, the soldiers realise they are up against a force more ruthless
than their acknowledged enemy... History mixed with romance, blood
mixed with honour, and grit with a large helping of escapism thrown in'
The bestseller The Gladiator is the ninth novel in Simon Scarrow's Roman
series about Macro and Cato, heroes of the Roman army. Other novels in
the series include the No. 1 bestseller Centurion, as well as Under The
Eagle, The Eagle's Conquest and The Eagle and the Wolves. Simon Scarrow
is also the author of a series of novels about the lives of the Duke of
Wellington and Napoleon Bonaparte. Young Bloods, The Generals and Fire
and Sword have been published to warm acclaim, and the final volume,
Fields of Death, will be published in 2010. To find out more about Simon
Scarrow and his novels, visit www. scarrow. co. uk.
