The Legate\'s Daughter by Wallace Breem

[Spedius]

Ave Niedel (aka Christoph),

Ave Arthes, welcome to the thread, please feel free to add any historical novels that you've enjoyed.

I do believe that Conn Iggulden is a member of this Forum and, like John Maddox Roberts, has been known to write the occasional comment.

I have the first two of Conn's books, "The Gates of Rome" and "The Death of Kings" but, as I spend all of my spare time on this Forum, I havn't had a chance to read them yet.

Rosemary Rowe and Gillian Bradshaw I havn't heard of. What can you tell me about their books? Donna Gillespie's The Light Bearer, I've got her book too. I've got Gore Vidal's "Julian" too, but I've yet to read it.

Another set of books to look out for are:

01. The Eagles: The Hill of the Dead by Andrew Quiller - Mayflower - 1976
02. The Eagles: The Land of Mist by Andrew Quiller - Mayflower - 1976
03. The Eagles: City of Fire by Andrew Quiller - Mayflower - 1976
04. The Eagles: Blood on the Sand by Andrew Quiller - Mayflower - 1977
05. The Eagles: Sea of Swords by Andrew Quiller - Mayflower - 1977

Great cover illustration by Richard Clifton-Dey. I would have liked to attach pictures of the covers but I still havn't learned how to do that yet. Our central character is a gladiator who goes by the name of Vulpus the fox. The books are a series of combats with Vulpus displaying many talents. The main stories are presented in flashbacks though. The period is set during the reigns of Titus and then Domitian so 79 AD plus.

I believe that Andrew Quiller is a pseudonym for yet another English author named Ken Bulmer.

Vale

M. Spedius Corbulo