Eagle in the Snow. General Maximus and Rome's Last Stand

First published by Gollancz in 1970, this is a first impression of the new edition, published in 2003. Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, very slight lean, not price clipped (£10.00), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 368pp, illustrated endpapers. The year is 406 AD. A single Roman legion stands guard on the Rhine. Only these few men, a thin stretch of river and the determination of their general, Maximus, hold the frontier for Rome against the barbarian hordes. Maximus is urged to proclaim himself emperor, but he stands by his concept of duty and holds the frontier for longer than seems possible. Then chance plays a cruel trick. First published in 1970, EAGLE IN THE SNOW is a taut, gripping story of the fall of the Roman Empire in microcosm, as seen through the eyes of Maximus. Wallace Wilfred Swinburne Breem (1926-90), was a British librarian and author, he is probably best known for his three historical novels, especially 'Eagle in the Snow'. …