The fourth novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Roman series. It's 44 AD and? Vespasian & the Second Legion are forging ahead in their campaign to seize the south-west of Britain. Macro & newly appointed centurion Cato are ordered to provide Verica ?ruler of the Atrebatans with an army. They must train his tribal levies into a force that can protect him & take on the increasingly ambitious raids that the enemy is launching. But despite the Atrebatans' official allegiance to Rome open revolt is brewing for many want to resist the Roman invaders. Macro & Cato must?win the loyalty of the disgruntled levies
- but can they succeed whilst surviving a deadly plot to destroy both them? Macro & Cato face the greatest test of their army careers as only they stand between the destiny of Rome & bloody defeat...
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Late summer 1940. Hitler has conquered France. Now he intends to cross the Channel & defeat Britain before winter arrives. A group of young refugees led by British spy Charles Henderson faces a stark choice. To head south into the safety of neutral Spain or go north on a risky mission to sabotage the German invasion plans. For official purposes these children do not exist. ...

In the early morning hours of 6 November 1943 SS Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler receives the coded message he has been waiting for ' The Eagle has landed'. It was to become known as the most daring enemy mission of the entire war: Operation Eagle Himmler's audacious plan to kidnap Winston Churchill on British soil. But despite spectacular secrecy there was to be no surrender without a fight.. . For in that remote corner of Norfolk an elite unit is gathered together. Ready to do battle for a nation against the most ruthless task force ever assembled. ...

The seventh novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Roman series. Trouble is brewing in Syria on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire. With the troops in a deplorable state centurions Macro & Cato are despatched to restore the competence of the cohort. But another challenge faces them as Bannus a local tribesman is brewing up trouble & preaching violent opposition to Rome. As the local revolt grows in scale Macro & Cato must stamp out corruption in the cohort & restore it to fighting fitness to quash Bannus
- before the eastern provinces are lost to the Empire forever...
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With a dull but awful roar the Mirage bloomed with dark crimson flame & sooty black smoke the wind ripped flames outwards in great streamers & pennants that engulfed all around them & David staggered onwards in the midst of the roaring furnace that seemed to consume the very air. Drawn to the sky as though to his natural element young David Morgan spurns the boardroom future mapped out for him by his family for the life of a jet pilot. Then he meets Debra the beautiful Israeli writer for whom he will fight in another countrys war at the controls of his Mirage. Yet the breathless action which brings them together is also the very tragedy that will threaten to tear them apart.. . ...

The Ninth Legion marched into the mists of northern Britain-and they were never seen again. Four thousand men disappeared & their eagle standard was lost. Its a mystery thats never been solved until now.. . So begins the story of The Eagle of the Ninth set against a backdrop of Roman Britain & featuring a young soldier Marcus Aquila who sets off into the unknown north to find out what happened to the lost legion. Following on from this are The Silver Branch in which two young soldiers uncover a plot to overthrow the Emperor & The Lantern Bearers which is set at a time when the Romans are leaving the shores of Britain & tells of Aquila who having served in the Roman army is now returning home to his farm-but when he gets there everything he knows & loves has been destroyed & so he sets out to seek revenge. To have three such exciting stories in one volume is a treat for fans old & new. ...

The Ninth Legion marched into the mists of northern Britain...and they were never seen again. Four thousand men disappeared & their eagle standard was lost. It's a mystery that's never been solved until now... So begins the story of The Eagle of the Ninth set against a backdrop of Roman Britain & featuring a young soldier Marcus Aquila who sets off into the unknown north to find out what happened to the lost legion. Following on from this are The Silver Branch in which two young soldiers uncover a plot to overthrow the Emperor & the Carnegie Medal-winning The Lantern Bearers which is set at a time when the Romans are leaving the shores of Britain & tells of Aquila & his quest for revenge. This beautiful boxed set of these three classic stories is the perfect gift for readers young & old. ...

Federico Martin Bahamontes the Eagle of Toledo is rated by many as the greatest climber in cycling history. The first Spaniard to win the Tour de France & a six-time champion of the races gruelling King of the Mountains classification he became a national hero in a Spain struggling to rebuild after the devastation & atrocities of the Civil War. Indeed his success owed much to the conflict. When the Nationalist rebellion of General Franco finally overran the democratically elected Republic in 1939 vast swathes of the country were left impoverished & desperate. On the verge of starvation the young Bahamontes took to cycling as a means of running black market goods before realising that sport offered a more lucrative future. An impressive amateur career followed leading to his Tour debut in 1954 when he won the mountains competition on his first attempt. Success & a charismatic but temperamental racing style brought him fame at home & abroad
- as well as controversy. Today despite his appropriation by the Franco regime he remains the godfather of Spanish cycling & a sporting eccentric of phenomenal will power. He is also one of the few living witnesses to cyclings golden age &
- as Alasdair Fotheringham discovered when interviewing him for this compelling biography
- hes more than ready to tell the tale.


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Reluctant MI6 agent Alex Rider is relaxing in the south of France until a sudden ruthless attack on his hosts plunges him back into a world of violence & mystery
- & this time MI6 don't want to know. Alex is determined to track down his friends' attackers even if he must do it alone. But it's a path that leads to a long-buried secret
- & a discovery more terrible than anything he could have imagined.

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In this title Horowitz's world-renowned teen super-spy Alex Rider's fourth mission comes to life in a thrilling fast-paced & stylish graphic adaptation. Relaxing in the south of France reluctant MI6 agent Alex Rider is finally able to feel like any ordinary fourteen-year-old
- until a sudden ruthless attack on his hosts plunges him back into a world of violence & mystery. & this time MI6 don't want to know. Alex is determined to track down his friends' attackers even if he must do it alone. But it's a path that leads to a long-buried secret
- & a discovery more terrible than anything he could have imagined. Alex Rider has 90 minutes to save the world. This is a slick clean stylishly crafted & coloured graphic adaptation bringing to life all the adventure thrills & spills of this bestselling story. Following the triumphant international publication of Stormbreaker: The Graphic Novel" the whole graphic novel series has gained wide recognition among reviewers fans & literacy experts. Recent government initiatives encourage us to examine the reading habits of boys
- with literacy levels among children in the UK lower than ever. This is a series of books that may offer an accessible & compelling alternative for otherwise reluctant readers."


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