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Chargement... Hadrian's Wall : a novel (original 2004; édition 2004)par William Dietrich
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Britania, 122 d. C. El emperador Adriano ordena la construcción de un muro para evitar las incursiones celtas. Con el tiempo, ese muro es testigo del conflicto entre Marco Flavio, gobernador de Britania gracias a su matrimonio con Valeria, y Galba Brasidia, que también aspiraba a ese puesto. Valeria levanta tan intensas pas iones que pone en crisis la colonia, hecho que beneficia los intereses del líder celta Arden Carataco. I wish I could have enjoyed this book more. Dietrich treats the era well, and the idea of the Wall is relevant to our times, reminding one of the Berlin Wall and of the current American debate over the Fence on the Mexican Border. As a Texan, and as a fan of Historical Fiction, I expected more about a collision of peoples and ideas and less of a romance novel. Nevertheless, all characters were treated fairly and the plot was well developed. I will read more of Dietrich's work, but I do hope he gives up as a romance writer. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
A fusion of Steven Pressfield's Gates of Fire and the movie Braveheart; a novel of ancient warfare, lethal politics, and the final great clash of Roman and Celtic culture. For three centuries, the stone barrier we know as Hadrian's Wall shielded Roman Britain from the unconquered barbarians of the island's northern highlands. But when Valeria, a senator's daughter, is sent to the Wall for an arranged marriage to an aristocratic officer in 367 AD, her journey unleashes jealousy, passion and epic war. Valeria's new husband, Marcus, has supplanted the brutally efficient veteran soldier Galba as commander of the famed Petriana cavalry. Yet Galba insists on escorting the bride-to-be on her journey to the Wall. Is he submitting to duty? Or plotting revenge? And what is the mysterious past of the handsome barbarian chieftain Arden Caratacus, who springs from ambush and who seems to know so much of hated Rome? As sharp as the edge of a spatha sword and as piercing as a Celtic arrow, Hadrian's Wall evokes a lost world of Roman ideals and barbaric romanticism. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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