- War stories, English Historical fiction, Adventure stories, Fiction
Britain 43 AD: the wife and children of a Roman general fall into the hands of a dark sect of Druids when their ship is wrecked in a storm. The Druids demand the return of those of their brotherhood taken prisoner by the Romans, in exchange for the general's family.
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- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Author
- Simon Scarrow
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 433
- Publisher
- Headline Book Publishing, Headline
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780755351299
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