The Honour of Rome (Eagles of the Empire 20)

This very eventful Roman historical adventure is the 20th volume of the amazing "Eagles of the Empire" series, featuring Cato & Macro. At the beginning of the book you'll find two well-drawn maps of South-East Britannia and of Londinium in AD 59, as well as a Chain of Command, and not to forget a Cas......more

Really enjoy a ‘Cato and Macro.’ The characters work so well together. This book starts with Macro having retired from the Army and heading to London to join his mother at their pub. From fighting river pirates to tribesman and then ruthless gangs the story never lets up. Unlike a Rebus character who......more

Macro has retired from the military to Britannia to live in a colony for former soldiers and to help his mother run a successful business in Londonium. His dreams of a peaceful retirement with his wife are shattered when his mother Portia becomes the victim of a protection racket by two gangsters. M......more

Another excellent book in the Cato and Macro series. In this adventure, Macro is newly retired from the Roman army and has moved to Britain to set up a new life with his wife. Macro, along with his mother, is the co-owner of a bar in London and he also plans for a rural retreat in Colchester. Early......more

How very disappointing. It is hard to believe that the same Simon Scarrow wrote this as in the earlier books. A rambling and unbelievable plot in which the two hero protagonists display such naivete and poor weapon skills that they did not deserve to survive. Particularly annoying was the introductio......more