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April, 1812, the Siege of Badajoz in southern Spain. Lieutenant James Henry Webster leads the small group of volunteers who are first into the breach.
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div id="postBodyPS">In the spring of 1812, the British army under Sir Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Wellington, has driven the French from Portugal. With Napoleon obsessed by the invasion of Russia, Wellington turns toward Spain. The way is barred by two fortresses, Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz. When Ciudad Rodrigo collapses after a short siege, Wellington prepares to break the fortress of Badajoz, the most formidable stronghold in Europe.br />
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Lieutenant James Webster is in mourning fol | |  | | I Stood With Wellington
Captain James Henry Webster returns in the Napoleonic epic of the Waterloo Campaign.
In February, 1815, after nine months in exile, Napoleon Bonaparte, the deposed Emperor of the French, escaped from the Isle of Elba. Seizing the initiative while the European powers bicker amongst themselves at the Congress of Vienna, Napoleon advances towards Belgium with an enormous army, where the combined forces of Prussia and England are cantoned. The French Emperor knows that if he can achieve a decisive capture in Brussels, it will shatter the already fragile European alliance.br />
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Leading the allies is Sir Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington; the venerable British field | |  | | Soldier of Rome: Heir to Rebellion
Part three of the Artorian Chronicles. Artorius and his men are tasked with tracking down a rampaging murderer.
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div>A year has passed since the end of the Gallic rebellion of Sacrovir and Florus. Retribution has been exacted and the province is at peace once more. And yet there are some who escaped Rome's justice. They are led by a man whose heart burns with hate; an heir to rebellion. Knowing that there can be no victory against the legions; his vengeance can only be wrought through terror and murder. The Gallic city of Lugdunum will be the first to tas | |  | | Soldier of Rome: The Centurion
Part four of the Artorian Chronicles. Centurion Artorius and the Twentieth Legion head north to put down a rebellion in Frisia, unaware of the true causings of the uprising.
In the year 28 A.D. the people of Frisia, a previously loyal province, were suffering under the oppression of the Roman magistrate, a former Centurion named Olennius. So blinded by greed had he become, that he taxed the populous well beyond their means to produce. Now impoverished and risking starvation, the Frisians did the unspeakable and sought open rebellion as their only means of survival. The Emperor Tiberius, now living in self-imposed isolation on the isle of Capri, is deeply troubled upon hearing that such a staunchly loyal province would seek to throw off the rule of Rome. Neverth | |  | | Soldier of Rome: The Legionary
A young Roman named Artorius joins the legions in order to avenge his brother, who was killed in the disastrous Battle of Teutoburger Wald.
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In the year A.D. 9, three Roman Legions under Quintilius Varus were betrayed by the Germanic war chief, Arminius, and destroyed in the forest known as Teutoburger Wald. Six years later Rome is finally ready to unleash Her vengeance on the barbarians. The Emperor Tiberius has sent his adopted son, Germanicus Caesar, into Germania with an army of forty-thousand legionaries. The come not on a mission of conquest, but one of annihilation. With them is a young legionary named Artorius. For him the war is a personal vendetta; a chance to avenge his brother, who wa | |  | | Soldier of Rome: The Sacrovir Revolt
Legionary Artorius returns in the second novel of the Artorian Chronicles. Following the Germanic Wars, rebellion now stirs within the province of Gaul.
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div id="postBodyPS">It has been three years since the wars against Arminius and the Cherusci. Gaius Silius, Legate of the Twentieth Legion, is concerned that the barbarians-though shattered by the war-may be stirring once again. He also seeks to confirm the rumors regarding Arminius' death. What Silius does not realize is that there is a new threat to the Empire, but it does not come from beyond the frontier; it is coming from within, where a disenchanted nobleman looks to sow the seeds of r |
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Gallows Field
by Brendan O'Brien
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 Dublin 1941. A brutal murder. Mistaken identity. And barman Eamon Foley is running for his life.
Nine months later Foley is in a crowded pub, and his brother-in-law is shot dead. |
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