Defender of Rome, Douglas Jackson
Defender of Rome, Douglas Jackson
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Defender of Rome
(Gaius Valerius Verrens 2)

Author: Douglas Jackson

Series: Gaius Valerius Verrens #2

Narrator: Cornelius Garrett

Unabridged: 11 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: RH AudioGo

Published: 09/01/2011


Synopsis

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This riveting and action-packed historical thriller from bestselling author Douglas Jackson is real edge of your seat stuff! Perfect for fans of Simon Scarrow and Ben Kane.

Readers are loving Gaius Valerius Verrens!
"Absolutely incredible." - 5 STARS.
"Gripping, violent and captivating." - 5 STARS.
"The best Roman historical series I've yet read. Just pips Ben Kane and Conn Iggulden." - 5 STARS

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Gaius Valerius Verrens returns to Rome from the successful campaign against Boudicca in Britain. But he is not the man he once was - scarred both physically and emotionally by the battles he has fought. And neither is Rome the same city as the one he left.

The Emperor Nero grows increasingly paranoid. There is talk of a new threat, one found within the walls of Rome itself. A new religious sect, the followers of Christus, deny Nero's divinity and are rumoured to be spreading sedition.

Nero calls on Valerius to seek out this rebel sect and to capture their leader. Failure would be to forfeit his life, and the lives of twenty thousand Judaeans living in Rome.

But as Valerius begins his search, a quest which will take him to the edge of the empire, he will discover that success may cost him nearly as much as failure.

Gaius Valerius Verrens's adventures continue in Avenger of Rome.

© Douglas Jackson 2011 (P) Penguin Audio 2011

Reviews

Goodreads review by Clemens on December 29, 2021

Read this book in 2011, and its the 2nd volume of the marvellous "Gaius Valerius Verrens" series. Recently returned as a "Hero of Rome" from Britain, but battered both physically and mentally from that campaign, Gaius Valerius Verrens is in Rome int he hope to find some kind of peace in mind and body......more

Goodreads review by S.J.A. on May 01, 2012

Two years after Valerius' defence of Colonia against Boudicca in "Hero of Rome", the eponymous characters is in Rome. Changed by the events he lived through he is a darker, slightly hollow man. Struggling to find a path, he finds himself landed with a new task by the unstable emperor Nero: to root o......more

Goodreads review by Kevin on January 02, 2019

I have had this title on my tbr list for a long time, do i thought it was time to give it a airing and i am so glad i did. This is a cracking series and mr jackson is to be congratulated for producing such a readable series. The second in the series tells the story of the rise of the christion faith......more

Goodreads review by Paul on April 28, 2014

Gaius Valerius Verrens has returned to Rome and is made a Hero Of Rome by the Emperor, Nero for his actions and bravery in Britain. Of course being in Nero's spotlight isn't always a good thing as Verrens finds out after having been solicited by Nero and then given an almost impossible task, apprehe......more

Goodreads review by Deborah on February 27, 2016

I enjoyed this less than the first book. Emperor Nero continues to enjoy very bad press and the tale follows the reports of Suetonius, Tacitus and Cassius Dio, all of whom had a negative view of him. Are we to ignore the writings of Seneca just because he was his tutor? I would have thought that mad......more


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A master of his discipline rightly hailed as one of the best historical novelists writing today Daily Express