Wounds of Honour: Empire I (Empire Series Book 1)

Marcus Valerius Aquila has scarcely landed in Britannia when he has to run for his life - condemned to dishonorable death by power-crazed Emperor Commodus. The plan is to take a new name, serve in an obscure regiment on HadrianвЂTMs Wall and lie low until he can hope for justice. Then a rebel army sweeps down from the wastes north of the Wall, and Marcus has to prove heвЂTMs hard enough to lead a century in the front line of a brutal, violent war. The first instalment in Anthony Riches' bestselling Empire series. 'A master of the genre' The Times Thrilling, authentic and action-packed, this novel introduces soldier hero Marcus Valerius: a centurion stationed on Hadrian's Wall in the second century during a revolt against the Roman Empire. Marcus Valerius Aquila has scarcely landed in Britannia when he has to run for his life - condemned to dishonorable death by power-crazed emperor Commodus. The plan is to take a new name, serve in an obscure regiment on Hadrian's Wall and lie low until he can hope for justice. Then a rebel army sweeps down from the wastes north of the Wall, and Marcus has to prove he's hard enough to lead a century in the front line of a brutal, violent war. Marcus Valerius Aquila, een bij keizer Commodus (161-192), een in ongenade gevallen Romeinse gardeofficier, komt in 181 in Brittannië terecht bij troepen die de muur van Hadrianus tegen opstandige stammen moeten verdedigen NL-ZmNBD Thrilling, authentic and action-packed, this novel introduces a new soldier hero: a centurion stationed on Hadrian's Wall in the second century during a revolt against the Roman Empire