The Road To The Bridge
A Dangerous Emperor Book 2
by Laurence O'Bryan
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Pub Date Nov 28 2019 | Archive Date Feb 01 2020
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Description
Torn between love and duty Constantine faces disaster.
Juliana, his mistress, has been kidnapped by a raiding party and taken to northern Germania, out of reach of his legions.
Ignoring his mother’s demands for him to marry quickly, Constantine assembles a Roman cavalry cohort and heads into the endless forest. Somewhere far ahead is the meeting place of the tribes where Juliana is facing a fight to the death among a people who collect skulls as ornaments and are ruled by a queen with a strong blood lust.
Constantine then finds out that his young son has been taken to Rome as a hostage. His only hope of rescuing him is to march on the city.
Battered and in disarray, he and his legions finally reach the city walls. His Saxon allies have defected. He is seriously injured, and every key battle his army has won, was because of his personal intervention. Then his closest friend, the leader of the Christians in Rome, also defects to the enemy.
Is this the end for Constantine?
The Battle of the Milvian Bridge was one of the most important in history. This story tells us what could have happened that stormy day in 312 A.D. and who the women were who changed the course of the battle.
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| ISBN | 9781912732951 |
| PRICE | $2.99 (USD) |
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PETER C, Reviewer
Considering that this book is a sequel to 'The Sign of the Blood', which I haven't read, it was surprisingly easy to pick up the storyline of most of the main characters. Constantine and his mistress Juliana, are brilliantly portrayed by the author as complex, compassionate yet brutal characters.
The story is convoluted, with a number of associated sub-plots weaving their way through the novel. There are several strong, ruthless women in the tale, which makes a refreshing change from other novels of this genre.
Clearly the author has undertaken historical research into the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, the immediate aftermath and the bloody retribution. I am not sure that I understand, or fully agree with, the publisher’s assertion that this was one of the most important battles in history.
The book is a good read, even though some of the events are somewhat implausible. I will definitely read the sequel to this book.
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