About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherCreateSpace

ISBN-101514343266

ISBN-139781514343265

eBay Product ID (ePID)222047215

Product Key Features

Book TitleRoman Mask

Number of Pages388 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2015

TopicAction & Adventure

GenreFiction

AuthorThomas Brooke

Book SeriesThe Cassius Chronicles Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight23.2 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

SynopsisIt is Rome AD 9 and Augustus Caesar rules Imperial Rome at the height of its power, as the Roman Empire stretches across the known world. Cassius, son of one of her most powerful families, is the personification of Rome's imperial strength: wealthy, popular, a war hero with a decorated military career - none of Rome's fashionable parties are complete without him - except, he hides a secret.After his nerve is broken in Germany, the thought of genuine armed combat is enough to send him into a cold sweat of fear and shame. But this doesn't dissuade him from living off a false reputation so he can continue a life of casual affairs, wine, and parties, as he is seduced by the many vices of Rome.However his scandalous life is soon upset by a summons from the Emperor's wife. It ends his happy decadent life and returns him to Germany to assist the Roman legions in their greatest ever trial, and the events that will resound down in history, in the dark forests of the Teutoburg..."The classical world is brought vividly to life in this novel by Brooke" Daily Mail - UK National Newspaper, It is Rome AD 9 and Augustus Caesar rules Imperial Rome at the height of its power, as the Roman Empire stretches across the known world. Cassius, son of one of her most powerful families, is the personification of Rome's imperial strength: wealthy, popular, a war hero with a decorated military career - none of Rome's fashionable parties are complete without him - except, he hides a secret. After his nerve is broken in Germany, the thought of genuine armed combat is enough to send him into a cold sweat of fear and shame. But this doesn't dissuade him from living off a false reputation so he can continue a life of casual affairs, wine, and parties, as he is seduced by the many vices of Rome. However his scandalous life is soon upset by a summons from the Emperor's wife. It ends his happy decadent life and returns him to Germany to assist the Roman legions in their greatest ever trial, and the events that will resound down in history, in the dark forests of the Teutoburg... "The classical world is brought vividly to life in this novel by Brooke" Daily Mail - UK National Newspaper