Agent of Rome: The Siege (UK Signed Copy)

Nick Brown

ISBN 10: 1444714856 / ISBN 13: 9781444714852

Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2011

About this Item

First Printing. The Book is fine, square and tight. It is unmarked, with clean pages free of inscriptions or marks and has been signed by the author directly to the title page. It has a small bump to the bottom corner of the back board and the pages show the normal slight yellowing due to ageing and paper quality. The Dust Jacket is fine, unfaded, unclipped (£12.99) and is free of rips, tears or marks. First Edition, First Printing - Signed by the Author. All our books are covered with a clear, removable, chemically inert, protective wrapper before being securely bubble wrapped and dispatched in strong corrugated cardboard boxes. Seller Inventory # 16175

Bibliographic Details

Title: Agent of Rome: The Siege (UK Signed Copy)

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, London

Publication Date: 2011

Binding: Hardback

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author

Edition: First Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

It's 270 AD—Rome has ruled Syria for more than three centuries, but now the weakened empire faces a desperate threat, and a 19-year old officer must do the near-impossible

Queen Zenobia of Palmyra has turned her Roman-trained army against her former masters. Arabia, Palestine, and Egypt have fallen and now Antioch, Syria's capital, stands exposed. A young intelligence agent fresh from officer training, Cassius Corbulo is the only ranking Roman officer left in the line of the Palmyran advance, and he receives orders that he must take command of the fort of Alauran, the last stronghold still in Roman hands, and hold it until reinforcements arrive. What Cassius finds at Alauran would daunt the most seasoned veteran, let alone a 19 year-old with no experience of war. A mere scattering of divided and demoralized legionaries remain, backed up by some fractious Syrian auxiliaries and a drunken Praetorian Guardsman. With the Palmyrans just days away, Cassius must somehow find the discipline, resourcefulness, and courage to organize the garrison, save Alauran, and secure Rome's eastern frontier.

About the Author:

Nick Brown grew up in Norfolk and later studied history at the University of Sussex. In 2000 he embarked on a PGCE course at the University of Exeter and began a career as a teacher of humanities and English. For the last five years he has been working at an international school in Warsaw. He has been writing since his early twenties, focusing initially on screenplays. He is the author of Agent of Rome.