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Avenger of Rome by Douglas Jackson
Category: Fiction | Series: Gaius Valerius Verrens Ser.
Emperor Nero's grip on power is weakening. In every shadow he sees an enemy and like a cornered animal he lashes out at every perceived threat. His paranoia settles on the figure of Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, Rome's greatest General who leads the imperial legions in the East. So popular is Corbulo with hi ...Show more
Caligula by Douglas Jackson
Category: Fiction
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, the third Roman Emperor, is better known by another name: Caligula, a name synonymous with decadence, cruelty and madness. His reign was marked by excess, huge building projects, the largest gladiatorial battles Rome was ever to see - men and animals killed in th ...Show more
Claudius by Douglas Jackson
Category: Fiction
CLAUDIUS - EMPEROR OF ROME, CONQUEROR OF BRITAIN. Emperor CLAUDIUS has unleashed the Roman legions against Britain. CARATACUS, war chief of the Britons, must unite the tribes for a desperate last stand. CLAUDIUS desires total conquest. CARATACUS will fight for freedom. An epic battle is coming. Heroes w ...Show more
Defender of Rome by Douglas Jackson
Category: Fiction
Gaius Valerius Verrens returns to Rome from the successful campaign against Boudicca in Britain. Now hailed a 'Hero of Rome', Valerius is not the man he once was - scarred both physically and emotionally by the battles he has fought, his sister is mortally ill, his father in self-imposed exile. And neit ...Show more
Glory of Rome (Gaius Valerius Verrens 8) by Douglas Jackson
Category: Fiction | Series: Gaius Valerius Verrens Ser.
77AD. Gaius Valerius Verrens is an honoured member of Emperor Vespasian’s inner circle, but the enmity between him and Vespasian’s son Domitian means that, even in Rome, danger is never far away. Meanwhile, in the outer reaches of the Empire, in Britannia, trouble is brewing. The governor, Gnaeus Julius ...Show more
Hammer of Rome - Gaius Valerius Verrens 9 by Douglas Jackson
Category: Fiction | Series: Gaius Valerius Verrens Ser.
Perfect for fans of Simon Scarrow and Ben Kane, this formidable and compelling historical thriller from bestselling author Douglas Jackson will have you absolutely gripped...Spectacular and satisfying...thrilling and dramatic...Roman historical fiction at its very best -- SUNDAY EXPRESSDouglas Jackson i ...Show more
Hammer of Rome - Gaius Valerius Verrens 9 by Douglas Jackson
Category: Fiction | Series: Gaius Valerius Verrens Ser.
AD 80 Gaius Valerius Verrens is back where he belongs, at the head of a legion. But this is no ordinary legion. His command is the 'unlucky' Ninth, tainted by four decades of ill fortune and poor leadership. A unit regarded as expendable by Valerius's superior, Gnaeus Julius Agricola, governor of Britan ...Show more
Saviour of Rome by Jackson Douglas
Category: Accessories
AD 72. Titus Flavius Vespasianus, known as Vespasian, is Emperor of Rome, but his grip on power grows increasingly fragile as economic disaster threatens. The enormous riches from his Judaean campaigns are all but spent, legions go unpaid, and the yields from Rome's vital Spanish goldfields have fallen ...Show more
Scourge of Rome by Douglas Jackson
Category: Fiction | Series: Gaius Valerius Verrens
70AD. Disgraced, dishonoured and banished into exile on pain of execution if he ever returns to Rome, the former military tribune Gaius Valerius Verrens makes his way East through the death and destruction of the savage Judaean rebellion. Valerius knows his only hope of long term survival and a restorat ...Show more
Scourge of Rome by Douglas Jackson
Category: Fiction | Series: Gaius Valerius Verrens
70AD. Disgraced, dishonoured and banished into exile on pain of execution if he ever returns to Rome, the former military tribune Gaius Valerius Verrens makes his way East through the death and destruction of the savage Judaean rebellion. Valerius knows his only hope of long term survival and a restorat ...Show more
Sword of Rome by Douglas Jackson
Category: Fiction | Series: Gaius Valerius Verrens Ser.
"The story I now commence is rich in vicissitudes, grim with warfare, torn by civil strife, a tale of horror even during times of peace". (Tacitus, The Histories AD 68). The Emperor Nero's erratic and bloody reign is in its death throes when Gaius Valerius Verrens is dispatched to Rome on a mission that ...Show more