02-16-2006, 12:43 PM
I hope you don't mind me plugging my debut novel -- it seems to me that it will be of great interest to readers of this forum. (I originally posted a notice about this in 2004, but here's a reminder :wink: )
Set in AD359, "Amida: A Novel" is the story of the siege of the city of Amida in Roman Mesopotamia by the Sassanid Persian King Shapur II. Based on the eyewitness account of Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus, and chock-full of authentic historical detail, the novel contains vivid descriptions of all aspects of siege warfare of the period, as well songs, poems, mystical visions, soliloquies, and what might just be the first ever Mithraic ritual presented in its entirety!
It's a gripping epic narrative that should be of interest to anyone who enjoys Roman military history, or just likes a cracking good read.
Amida: A Novel
ISBN 0-9547473-0-5
Paperback edition, published May 2004
269pp
Price: £8.99
Available direct from www.pineapplepubs.co.uk -- browse extracts and read press reviews of the book there.
Or from Amazon.co.uk http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0954747305/
Best wishes,
Mark Walker
*actually, to be pedantic, the site of the city of Amida is in Turkey, just
Set in AD359, "Amida: A Novel" is the story of the siege of the city of Amida in Roman Mesopotamia by the Sassanid Persian King Shapur II. Based on the eyewitness account of Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus, and chock-full of authentic historical detail, the novel contains vivid descriptions of all aspects of siege warfare of the period, as well songs, poems, mystical visions, soliloquies, and what might just be the first ever Mithraic ritual presented in its entirety!
It's a gripping epic narrative that should be of interest to anyone who enjoys Roman military history, or just likes a cracking good read.
Amida: A Novel
ISBN 0-9547473-0-5
Paperback edition, published May 2004
269pp
Price: £8.99
Available direct from www.pineapplepubs.co.uk -- browse extracts and read press reviews of the book there.
Or from Amazon.co.uk http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0954747305/
Best wishes,
Mark Walker
*actually, to be pedantic, the site of the city of Amida is in Turkey, just
