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The previous novel was good, well written, immersive and rich in detail, it just felt that it never particularly went anywhere, whereas this book maintains that same high standard of richly detailed infectiously immersive quality and, through the injection of a wholly different situation & surroundings, ramps it up a notch clicking into top gear story-wise. Though in a strange sort of way those comparisons actually show how awesome this sequel actually is.
#Rufus 2 series
With this being the second in Jackson's Rufus series, inevitable comparisons to the preceding book in the series 'Caligula' are unavoidable. For want of a better way of putting it, they're are written in such a way that they just 'click' as soon as you stick your nose in. The previous novel w There's something just so indefinable about Douglas Jackson's novels that makes them so instantly readable. There's something just so indefinable about Douglas Jackson's novels that makes them so instantly readable. Highly recommended, for this is an excellent story about Emperor Claudius and his conquest of Britain, and that's why I like to call this marvellous book: "A Superb Claudius Tale"!. What is to follow is a masterful retelling of the conquest of Britain by Emperor Claudius and his famous elephant, and all this is brought to us by the author in a most brilliant and gripping fashion. In this story we find Rufus within the Roman Legions, as keeper of the Emperor's elephant, marching in Britain in an attempt to conquer this Isle of the Britons. On the other hand there's the newly risen Emperor Claudius, who needs a very decisive victory over these Britons if he wants to emulate Caesar and Augustus. On the one hand we have Caratacus, war chief of the Britons, and who will lead his men into this war against the Romans with vigour, fire and sword. In this story we find Rufus within the Roman Legions, as keeper of the Emperor's elephant, marching in Bri Read this book in 2010, and its a book about Emperor Claudius and his conquest of Britain.
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Read this book in 2010, and its a book about Emperor Claudius and his conquest of Britain. Heroes will be made and kings will fall in a struggle that will echo through the annals of history.more
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And Rufus will have a very special part to play in the coming epic battle. Reinforcements are coming, led by Emperor Claudius himself. The Roman legions smash into the British forces, but just as victory seems at hand, they wait. Among them is Rufus, keeper of the Emperor’s elephant, an unwilling participant in the invasion of Britain. An epic battle is coming, in this second gripping and visceral novel of the Roman invasion of Britain, for fans of Conn Iggulden and Simon Scarrow.Ĥ3 AD: in Southern Britain, Caratacus, chief of the Britons, watches from a hilltop as the scarlet cloaks of the Roman army spread across his land like blood. A Claudius desires total conquest. Caratacus will fight for freedom. 43 AD: in Southern Britain, Caratacus, chief of the Britons, watches from a hilltop as the scarlet cloaks of the Roman army spread across his land like blood. An epic battle is coming, in this second gripping and visceral novel of the Roman invasion of Britain, for fans of Conn Iggulden and Simon Scarrow. Claudius desires total conquest. Caratacus will fight for freedom.