| The Eagle and the Wolves | 
 enlarge | Author: Simon Scarrow
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Category: Book
List Price: $23.95
Buy New: $4.95
You Save: $19.00 (79%)
New (20) Used (15) from $4.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 334001
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 0312324480
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.92
EAN: 9780312324483
ASIN: 0312324480
Publication Date: November 3, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: New - may have a small remainder mark on the edge.
|
| Customer Reviews:
| Showing reviews 6-9 of 9 | | « PREV | | |
 Once Again Cato and Macro Face Peril in Ancient Britain July 29, 2005
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
With the armies of Rome marching deeper and deeper into Britainnia to bring the Pax Romana to that island, Roman Centurions Macro and Cato must raise and train a force of friendly British warriors to protect the supply lines of the Roman legions. But who is really friendly and who is an enemy just biding his time to strike at the Roman invaders?
An excellent read.
(...)
Fun read April 27, 2005
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Scarrow's books are great reads. They may not be great literature, but they are very entertaining. He does a fine job of bringing the reader into the action and into the relationship between the more experienced Macro and the bright Cato. I have read all his books so far and plan to continue - great entertainment.
Buy it Now! December 8, 2004
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
The Roman Legions are now well entrenched in Britain, but are still finding dogged resistance from the fearsome natives. Macro and Cato find themselves standing between victory and bloody defeat.
Cato is newly appointed to the rank of Centurion and it falls to him and Macro to provide an army of untrained recruits for the aged ruler Verica.
With an army of raw recruits can they halt the progress of a cunning opponent and plotters who are eager not only to destroy Macro and Cato but the whole of the Roman army.
Simon Scarrow has a wonderful feel for the period he writes about and his characters endear themselves to you the reader. These books are well researched and for anyone interested in this period of Britain's history are a great read. Fact mixed with fiction in the best possible way.
Another sterling installment June 22, 2004
16 out of 19 found this review helpful
Scarrow's fourth adventure of our two heroes, Macro and Cato, has the two stepping out of the recovery ward in Calleva (Cato grumbling about his terrible rib injury that might end his career - though, suspiciously all pain seems to be forgotten by page hundred or so, making Scarrow's consistency questionable) and being ordered by Vespasian to raise two auxiliary cohorts to defend the Atrebatan capital. The situation is extremely tricky, widespread food shortages, constant raids by the Durotriges, and Plautius chasing of Caratacus' army deep into the territory of the Silures.
With the aging client-king Verica trying to secure his people the bext possible vantage as subjects of the Roman whilst ensuring annexation does not occur and the hotheaded idealistic younger celtic men (spearheaded by Tincommius) fomenting discord, we're on a rollercoaster of a ride.
Both the newly centurionated Cato and Macro take charge, drilling and educating the Britons in the true mettle of the Roman II Augusta and having several necessary arguments along the way until they eventually proudly blood them in a skirmish against the Durotriges who are attacking one of the supply columns. A sense of unity is created with the creation of the Eagles and the Wolves but discord threatens when first the standard bearer, Bedriacus, is murdered, then Artax is killed by Cato apparently attempting to take Verica's life.
Eventually Plautius realises he's been chasing shadows and Caratcus' army has travelled south of the Tamesis to aid the Durotrigans who have now attacked Calleva with the help of several of the Atrebatans. What follows is a defense of heroic proportions as both centurions, a handful of legionaries and the auxiliaries defend the compound, royal enclosure and Verica's life before first Vespasian with a couple of cohorts, then Plautius arrive. Mixed in is a scheming tribune Quntilius (a poor replacement for the effervescent Vitellius) who wants to be the first procurator of the client kingdom of the Atrebates (he does achieve his aim but his poor management and cowardice are noted).
The latest installment adds more weight to Scarrow's resume, and the adventures of Cato and Macro are a refreshing breeze through the Roman historical genre. It is not designed for the historical purist and to pick holes in for inaccuracy of place, time and context misses the point of these novels. Long may they continue.
|
|
|
