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Gods and Legions

A Novel of the Roman Empire

Author: Michael Curtis Ford

Gods and Legions

Gods and Legions

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The year 354 A.D.:

Julian, a young scholar in Athens, is the last survivor of a bloody political purge that killed his entire family. Unexpectedly summoned to the court of the Emperor...

Page Count
384
On Sale
04/01/2007

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The year 354 A.D.:

Julian, a young scholar in Athens, is the last survivor of a bloody political purge that killed his entire family. Unexpectedly summoned to the court of the Emperor Constantius, he fears the worst-only to find himself bearing the ring of Caesar of the Western Empire.

Tested by bloody battle and the scepticism of the Roman legions, Julian proves to be a military genius, crushing the German tribes that have threatened Rome for generations. Soon after, defying his own emperor against overwhelming odds, he risks civil war and ultimately seizes the Empire for himself, becoming the most powerful man in the world while still only thirty.

Now the dark side of his ambition emerges. Julian discards the Christianity of his boyhood and sets his sights on the greatest conquest of all-the Persian Empire. In Persia, however, his gods and his sanity desert him, and in one swift stroke, the course of history is altered forever.

Ranging from the forbidding forests of ancient Gaul to the sweltering sands
of Persia, Gods & Legions is a breathtaking historical re-creation of one of the most dangerous periods-and enduring mysteries-of all time.

Imprint Publisher

Thomas Dunne Books

ISBN

9781429904384

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"There’s a wealth of knowledge behind the story, which doesn’t keep Ford from picking out the most pungent and graphic detail in every scene and playing it up for all its melodramatic worth. Stirring and adventurous tragedy of the first rank, written with all the gusto of a master pulp stylist." - Kirkus Reviews

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Gods and Legions

Gods and Legions

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