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The Mask of Command

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The Mask of Command

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Description

Ross presents us with a vision of late Rome that is tense, exhilarating, complex and exotic...
When a treacherous act of murder throws the western provinces into turmoil, Aurelius Castus is ordered to take command of the military forces on the Rhine.

But he soon discovers that the frontier is a place where the boundaries between civilisation and barbarism, freedom and slavery, honour and treason have little meaning.

At the very heart of the conflict are two vulnerable boys. One is Emperor Constantine's young heir, Crispus. The other is Castus's own beloved son, Sabinus. Only Castus stands between them and men who would kill them. With all that he loves in danger, Castus and a handful of loyal men must fight to defend the Roman Empire.

But in the heat of battle, can he distinguish friend from enemy?

Product details

Published 01 Sep 2017
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Pages 464
ISBN 9781784975272
Imprint Head of Zeus
Dimensions 198 x 129 mm
Series Twilight of Empire
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Ian Ross

Ian Ross was born in England, and studied painting…

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