Captain of Rome / John Stack

Stack, John

ISBN 10: 0007285256 / ISBN 13: 9780007285259

Published by Hammersmith, London : Harper, 2009

About this Item

Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. NOT Price-clipped. Series; Masters of the sea series. Physical description375 pages. Subjects; Thriller, Historical Fiction, Adventure fiction, War story, Political fiction, Nautical fiction. 3 Kg.

Seller Inventory # 458853

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Captain of Rome / John Stack
• Publisher: Hammersmith, London : Harper
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007285256
• ISBN 13: 9780007285259
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition, first impression.
• Weight: 3 kilograms

About this title

Synopsis

The second installment of the thrilling maritime adventure; two mighty empires battle each other for control of the high seas. Atticus is the young captain of the Aquila, the flagship of the attack fleet of the Roman navy. But his commander is a young upstart whose position has been purchased rather than earned. Bound to obey his inexperienced commander's rash orders, Atticus sails straight into a carefully-laid trap. In the battle that follows, it is only by defying his commander that he can pull his men back from the brink of defeat. But Atticus will pay a high price for his defiance, and, as he is summoned to Rome, he realises he has created a powerful enemy. And, despite his friendship with Septimus, a Roman centurion, Atticus is dangerously unversed in the politics of the Roman senate. So, Atticus finds himself facing battles both at sea against an ever-more ferocious enemy and on his own ship by those close to home who want their revenge. Culminating in one of the greatest sea battles of classical times, Captain of Rome is a stirring and powerful novel and John Stack is a born storyteller.

About the Author

John Stack's first novel, Ship of Rome, went straight into the Sunday Times bestseller charts. Captain of Rome is the follow-up to that novel and the second book in the Masters of the Sea series. John Stack lives in County Cork in Ireland and is married with three children.