Lion of the Sun, Harry Sidebottom
Lion of the Sun, Harry Sidebottom
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Lion of the Sun
Warrior of Rome III

Author: Harry Sidebottom

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki

Unabridged: 12 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/14/2011

Synopsis

In Mesopotamia, AD 260, Ballista faces yet another enemy, the man the Syrians call The Lion of the Sun. Betrayed by his most trusted adviser, Roman Emperor Valerian has been captured by the Sassanid barbarians. The shame of the vanquished beats down mercilessly like the desert sun as the frail old emperor prostrates himself before Shapur, king of kings. Ballista looks on helplessly but vows under his breath to avenge those who have brought the empire to the brink of destruction with their treachery. But first he must decide what price he will pay for his own freedom. Only the fearless and only those whom the gods will spare from hell can now save the empire from a catastrophic ending. Ballista, the warrior of Rome, faces his greatest challenge yet.

About Harry Sidebottom

Harry Sidebottom is lecturer in ancient history at Merton College, Oxford, and part-time lecturer in classics and ancient history at the University of Warwick. He has written for and contributed to many publications, including Classical Review, Journal of Roman Studies, and War and Society in the Roman World.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Clemens on January 15, 2022

Read this book in 2010, and its the 3rd volume of the marvellous "Warrior of Rome" series. As ever the historical details concerning this story are very well documented and implemented within thei Roman adventure of heroics, betrayal and death. The year is now AD 260, and the book starts off in Mesopo......more

Goodreads review by Mary on December 06, 2011

Dr. Harry Sidebottom's "Lion of the Sun" continues the story of Marcus Claudius Ballista, a courageous "Warrior of Rome" born to the Angles but raised as a hostage in the Roman imperial court. When we left Ballista at the end of "King of Kings" he, along with his emperor Valerian, had fallen victim......more

Goodreads review by Ruth on November 22, 2010

The third in the 'Warrior of Rome' series featuring the barbarian/Roman general Ballista. Here he escapes the clutches of Shapur, King of Kings, but not the shadow of the oath he has sworn on his family's lives. This seemed to me to be the darkest of the books so far, and some of the violence is tru......more

Goodreads review by Ozymandias on August 04, 2017

Thankfully Sidebottom has remembered the warrior part of his Warrior of Rome series. Ballista is again placed in charge of a military expedition, this time the attempt to protect Roman land from the victorious Persian invaders while striking back at them. Those parts are very good. What doesn't work......more

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