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Simon Scarrow is the acclaimed author of multiple Sunday Times bestsellers, including Revenge of Rome and The Gladiator. He is also the author of many other acclaimed novels including the Sunday Times bestseller A Death in Berlin, and a quartet of bestselling novels about Wellington and Napoleon. With T. J. Andrews he has co-written Warrior, focusing on the rebel chief Caratacus, and Arena, following the career of a gladiator hero, and more.Praise for Simon Scarrow's novels: 'I really don't need this kind of competition... <b>It's a great read</b>'
Bernard Cornwell
Scarrow's [novels] <b>rank with the best</b>
Independent
<b>Gripping and moving</b>
The Times
A satisfyingly <b>bloodthirsty, bawdy romp</b>...<b>perfect for Bernard Cornwell addicts</b> who will relish its <b>historical detail </b>and <b>fast-paced action</b>. Storming stuff
Good Book Guide
<b>Ferocious</b> and <b>compelling</b>
Daily Express
A Rome full of <b>HOUSE OF CARDS treachery</b>... Roman soldiering at its very best - even by Scarrow's high standards - in this <b>winning chunk of historical fiction</b>
Sunday Sport
<b>Rollicking</b><b> good fun</b>
Mail on Sunday
A <b>fast-moving</b> and <b>exceptionally well-paced</b> historical <b>thriller</b>
BBC History Magazine
IF YOU DON'T KNOW SIMON SCARROW, YOU DON'T KNOW ROME!
THE EAGLE'S CONQUEST is the thrilling second novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Eagles of the Empire series. Essential reading for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden. Praise for Simon Scarrow's compelling historical novels: 'Gripping and moving' The Times
Britannia, AD 43. Bleak, rainy and full of vicious savages, Britannia is a land that Cato, solider of the Second Legion, wishes Rome didn't want to conquer.
And as right-hand man to Centurion Macro, Cato sees the very worst of his native Britons, battling alongside his commander in bloodier combat than he could ever have imagined.
But the Britons are fighting back with Roman weapons - which means someone in their own ranks is supplying arms to the enemy. Cato and Macro are about to discover even deadlier adversaries than the British barbarians...