Hadrian's Wall
A Novel
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · October 13, 2009
A fusion of Steven Pressfield's Gates of Fire and the movie Braveheart; a novel of ancient warfare, lethal politics, and the final great clash of Roman and Celtic culture.
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- Who it’s for
- Ancient warfare and dangerous politics meet amid Rome’s final clash with Celtic culture.
- Genres
- Ancient Historical Fiction, War Fiction, Ancient-World Romance
- Published
- HarperCollins, October 13, 2009
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A fusion of Steven Pressfield's Gates of Fire and the movie Braveheart; a novel of ancient warfare, lethal politics, and the final great clash of Roman and Celtic culture. For three centuries, the stone barrier we know as Hadrian's Wall shielded Roman Britain from the unconquered barbarians of the island's northern highlands.
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But when Valeria, a senator's daughter, is sent to the Wall for an arranged marriage to an aristocratic officer in 367 AD, her journey unleashes jealousy, passion and epic war. Valeria's new husband, Marcus, has supplanted the brutally efficient veteran soldier Galba as commander of the famed Petriana cavalry. Yet Galba insists on escorting the bride–to–be on her journey to the Wall. Is he submitting to duty? Or plotting revenge? And what is the mysterious past of the handsome barbarian chieftain Arden Caratacus, who springs from ambush and who seems to know so much of hated Rome? As sharp as the edge of a spatha sword and as piercing as a Celtic arrow, Hadrian's Wall evokes a lost world of Roman ideals and barbaric romanticism. Read more
Empire at the Edge
Ancient warfare and dangerous politics meet amid Rome’s final clash with Celtic culture.
Come here for
- Roman military power colliding with Celtic resistance
- Passion and lethal politics at Hadrian’s Wall
Expect
- A sustained immersion in ancient conflict
- Romance threaded through a world of shifting loyalties
Where it sits
| Ancient Historical Fiction | 76% |
|---|---|
| War Fiction | 64% |
| Ancient-World Romance | 30% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Action & Adventure
- Historical Fantasy
- Historical Romance
- Romantic Suspense
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- Ancient-World Romance
- Military Sci-Fi
- Suspense
- Historical Thrillers
- Authors
- William Dietrich
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- October 13, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Action & Adventure