Ross Leckie (1)

Gratuitous violence is piled on in a way that quickly becomes tedious. It is almost as if he tried to produce a piece of rabid anti Hannibal propaganda - except that everyone in this novel is deeply unpleasant - Romans included. You might expect that with such an interest in violence, his descriptions of battles would be excellent. However it is mindless violence that attracts Leckie so the description of Cannae is vague with Hannibal morosely wandering round not doing very much useful.
It is simply not believable that Leckie's Hannibal could have inspired men and led them to victory as the real Hannibal did… (plus d'informations)

Nacido en el seno de una familia de gran alcurnia y educado desde pequeño para cumplir un papel relevante en la vida romana, Escipión fue el arquetipo del gran aristócrata, amante tanto de las bellas artes como de las artes de la guerra. Su triunfo sobre Aníbal en la batalla de Zama, unido a otras importantes victorias sobre Antíoco y Filipo V, sentó las bases para la construcción del fabuloso Imperio Romano. No obstante, en la cúspide de la gloria, Escipión sucumbió a las intrigas urdidas por sus rivales políticos para despojarlo del poder.… (plus d'informations)