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scarrow\'s second book
#1
Just finished THE EAGLE'S CONQUEST.<br>
Very great fun! I enjoyed it very much and cann't wait to read the first adventure that I haven't found yet in Italy. I found this one in Florence train station and read half of it that very same day!<br>
But I would betray my nature if I did not complain just a tad. Just three things:<br>
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1) I found the description of Claudius very funny but I think Scarrow makes him come accross too much as an idiot. But again maybe this is how the military judge most civilians anyway! Giving Claudius at least some intelligence would have been more effective in underlining the difference of perception of things between 100% military men, 100% non-military men, and those in between that learn to see things in a broad and flexible way, a group that included figures such as Vespesian, at least as history decribes him turning out to be.<br>
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2) I found the presence in the story of a direct blood descendant of Hannibal a little too far fetched. It would have been more credible and effective had the chararcter in question been only an wishful-think indirect descendant. That would have made his nostalgic tendecies a little more out-of-touch with reality and fit better with his behaviour.<br>
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3) The very last sentence of the book... well I'll wait for comments of others.<br>
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Scarrow. My compliments!<br>
With sincere admiration<br>
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Jeff<br>
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p.s. Will Cato and Marcus will end up on the Eastern front one day, fighting Parthians or Jews? <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/ugoffredo.showPublicProfile?language=EN>goffredo</A> at: 7/17/02 8:29:21 am<br></i>
Jeffery Wyss
"Si vos es non secui of solutio tunc vos es secui of preciptate."
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#2
Thanks for the positive (and negative-ish!) feedback. Take your point about Claudius. I just wanted to play aroundwith the idea that maybe he was just a middle-brow type with the good fortune to be emperor. God knows we've had enough of that type in the Buckhouse. Just imagine what it would be like if that lot had real power.<br>
As for the last sentence of the book. Apologies, but I really love that little cliff-hanger.<br>
Cato and Macro in the East? Oh yes, and not so many books down the line. Cato will be having a little difficulty with an obscure zealot sect who described themselves as followers of Jehoshua...<br>
More anon. <p></p><i></i>
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#3
Has this book been released in the United States as yet? If so, I need to make a run to the local Barnes & Noble! <p>Marcus Bruttius Romulus<BR>
Optio<BR>
Legio III Augusta</p><i></i>
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#4
The second book will be out in hardback in the US this December. About the same time as the first comes out in paperback. Which means that there is an 18 month lag in the publishing cycle before my books hit the US domestic market. I fear that's par for the course with UK writers and the US market, unless there's a huge push, e.g. getting Julian Stockwin launched internationally.<br>
Sorry, but there it is.<br>
Simon <p></p><i></i>
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#5
Hi Simon! Perhaps our members can find your new work at one of the .co.uk bookselling chains, like www.amazon.co.uk ? I'm sure we all won't want to wait for the US edition.<br>
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Cheers<br>
Jenny<br>
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Jenny
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#6
Salve,<br>
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But then you will get an untranslated edition.<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Sander van Dorst <p></p><i></i>
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#7
Heaven forbid I should have to read "honour" or "centre!"<br>
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J. <p></p><i></i>
Cheers,
Jenny
Founder, Roman Army Talk and RomanArmy.com

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
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#8
I don't know if I can handle that, Jenny...I didn't do very well in english in high school...(we won't mention how long ago that was though!)<br>
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E EM <p>Marcus Bruttius Romulus<BR>
Optio<BR>
Legio III Augusta</p><i></i>
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#9
The centurion yelled: "I'll kick your arses!"<br>
and walked away furious.<br>
The Legionary on guard duty, still frozen stiff, wispers out of the side of his grin: "He will kick our what?"<br>
"Our ASS! That what. The centurion is from Britania!" <p></p><i></i>
Jeffery Wyss
"Si vos es non secui of solutio tunc vos es secui of preciptate."
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#10
Actually, and I hate to admit to this as an ex-English teacher, I do rather think the u is a bit redundant in honour/colour etc.<br>
(Ducks to avoid flak from English types...)<br>
Simon <p></p><i></i>
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#11
Aha, a closet American! <br>
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On the subject of a**es... One hopes an Englishman reading the American edition will not feel compelled to call the RSPCA over the continuous kicking of the poor mules!<br>
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Cheers all<br>
Jenny <p></p><i></i>
Cheers,
Jenny
Founder, Roman Army Talk and RomanArmy.com

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
-- Robert Louis Stevenson
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#12
Us Mules are used to being kicked...durned Centurions always wanting stuff done...<br>
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Oh!...not Marius' Mules, but the real ones...sorry bout that!<br>
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<p>Marcus Bruttius Romulus<BR>
Optio<BR>
Legio III Augusta</p><i></i>
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#13
Hi,<br>
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Lets just hope no one lands on their fanny!!!<br>
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I like to use 'u' in honour, neighbour, colour but I can cope with their omission and I'm becoming okay with meter and center and theater but I read that now fetus is acceptable instead of foetus and maneuver instead of manoeuver. Yuk!<br>
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I really like old books which place the ^ above the o in words like hotel, oh and the eighteenth century texts which have the cool 's'es that look like f's (they have a name which I don't know.)<br>
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Ah! ... English, ain't it grand<br>
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Muzzaguchi <p></p><i></i>
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#14
<b><i>Quote:</i></b><hr> I really like old books which place the ^ above the o in words like hotel, oh and the eighteenth century texts which have the cool 's'es that look like f's (they have a name which I don't know.)<hr><br>
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Long S<br>
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Mike Bifhop<br>
(they're actually a different shape to the lower case 'f') <p></p><i></i>
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#15
Goffredo-- email me your address- I'll send you a copy of the first book [if you havent found it already] <p><img src="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.martin/AUXILIA/icon.gif" width="46" height="65" align="right">
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