The ninth novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Roman series. While centurions Macro & Cato are returning to Rome from a harrowing campaign against the Parthians their transport ship is almost capsized by a tidal wave. They barely make it to the port of Matala in Crete where they are stunned to find a devastated town. An earthquake has struck the island destroying its cities & killing thousands. In the chaotic aftermath large bands of the island's slaves begin to revolt & local bandits taking advantage of the slave rebellion urge the Cretans to overthrow the Roman administration. With many of the island's troops either killed or wounded during the earthquake the governor of the province calls on Macro & Cato for help. Can they move swiftly enough to counter the rebellion before it sweeps the Romans from the island? ...

Gordianus the Finder famed detective of Ancient Rome returns in a riveting of stories. Nine tales of murder & intrigue take him from the seamy streets of Rome to elegant villas on the Bay of Naples from the spectacular backdrop of a chariot race to a domestic dispute with his Egyptian concubine Bethesda. In the title story a beautiful Nubian actress begs Gordianus to solve an impossible problem: how can she have just seen her beloved brother in the market place when she had previously watched him die a gruesome death as a gladiator? ...

Free from slavery Marcus is determined to find & save his kidnapped mother. Meanwhile his master Julius Caesar wants Marcus to help destroy the bands of rebel slaves & their leader Brixus who plans to unite a slave army & resurrect the cause of Spartacus. But Marcus & Brixus are old allies who share a life-threatening secret. Marcus is torn between his friend & master. Can he convince Brixus now is not the time for a deadly revolt
- & ask Caesar to negotiate a slave surrender before more carnage & bloodshed? This book comes from the numbered 1 bestselling adult author Simon Scarrow
- over 1 million copies sold. It is the perfect introduction to Roman history & gladiators for young readers
- great for fans of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter. Book 3 in the series.


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It is settled. The boy is in your charge. You will train him to fight. He must be able to use the dagger throwing-knife staves & his bare hands. One day young Marcus may well become a gladiator in the arena. But you must also teach him the ways of the street. Now a member of Julius Caesars palace Marcus training continues in the city of Rome. The streets are plagued by vicious gang war attacks & Caesar must employ his own gang leader who learns of a plot to murder him. Only Marcus can go in undercover. But hes in terrible danger. If the rival gang discover him the price will be fatal. Julius Caesars isnt the only life at risk... ...

It is settled. The boy is in your charge. You will train him to fight. He must be able to use the dagger throwing-knife staves & his bare hands. One day young Marcus may well become a gladiator in the arena. But you must also teach him the ways of the street. Now a member of Julius Caesars palace Marcus training continues in the city of Rome. The streets are plagued by vicious gang war attacks & Caesar must employ his own gang leader who learns of a plot to murder him. Only Marcus can go in undercover. But hes in terrible danger. If the rival gang discover him the price will be fatal. Julius Caesars isnt the only life at risk... ...

In this non-fiction corollary to Larsson s Millennium Trilogy" wet works & false flags keep Europe a colony of the US. Leaders are murdered movements are subverted. Under the surface the empire rules by death squads as it always has south of the border. The attack on Libya laid bare the iron fist within the velvet glove of slogans such as "humanitarian intervention." Like the destruction of Yugoslavia & the rape of Afghanistan the reduction of Libya to a virtual slave colony was performed under the banner of NATO. & what exactly is NATO? Richard Cottrell tells the story of mayhem & murder behind the "alliance for peace " & predicts an emerging military colossus fighting to seize control of strategic resources such as oil gas minerals & water anywhere on the planet. Masquerading as a rear guard against Soviet invaders NATOs covert forces warped into psychological & physical terrorism. These were the years of lead in which hundreds perished in a synthetic war in the streets of Europe. NATO commander General Lyman Lemnitzer ordered serial attacks on French president Charles de Gaulle. Sacked from the Pentagon by John F Kennedy for rank insubordination then exiled to Europe Lemnitzer reaped revenge in Dallas. The secret armies forged bonds with organised crime & neo-fascists. NATO-backed coups struck down governments in Greece & Turkey; the island state of Cyprus was sundered amid bitter genocide. Urban guerrillas like the Red Brigades & the Baader-Meinhof Gang were cunningly manipulated. Italy gained a deep-state government the ultra-secret P2 pseudo-Masonic lodge founded by former Blackshirts. Swedish premier Olof Palme & Italian ex-PM Aldo Moro were assassinated. Pope John Paul II was shot by Turkish gangsters who had regular work as Gladio guns for hire. In 2009 a Gladio copy-cat outfit codenamed Ergenekon came to light in Turkey. The shootings in Norway in July 2011 & in Belgium France & Italy in 2012 all bore the classic stripe of Gladio false-flag operations." ...

The centre of the world: 1990s Manhattan. Victor Ward a model with perfect abs & all the right friends is seen & photographed everywhere even in places he hasnt been & with people he doesnt know. On the eve of opening the trendiest nightclub in New York history hes living with one beautiful model & having an affair with another. Now its time to move to the next stage. But the future he gets is not the one he had in mind. A master stylist with hideously interesting new-fangled manners & the heart of an old-fashioned moralist Observer Gets under the skin of our celebrity culture in a way that is both illuminating & frightening Daily Telegraph Does for the cold minimal 90s what American Psycho did for the Wall Street greed of the 80s. You name it he manages to get it all in Vogue Brilliant.. . He is fast becoming a writer of real American genius GQ ...

Glamorgans long & varied history has left layer upon layer of visible remains. Castles range from remarkable earthworks to magnificent structures such as Cardiff & Caerphilly. Impressive remains of three little known abbeys at Ewenny Margam & Neath together with Llandaff Cathedral testify to the wealth of the church in the twelfth & thirteenth centuries. The landscaped setting of Penrice Castle preserves a complete Georgian arcadia while Cardiff Castle is the supreme example of an exotic Victorian fantasy. Other major country houses such as Ruperra & Wenvoe are now evocative ruins. In dramatic contrast are the chapels & workmens institutes of the Valleys settlements & the landscape of heavy industry. Pride of place is given to Swansea once a Regency resort & Cardiff coal metropolis. Their many fine public buildings are covered as are their array of churches chapels arcades & solid suburban streets. A comprehensive gazetteer of places in which buildings are described with lively & informed comment is complemented by a detailed introduction which explains the broader context & builds a complete picture of the areas architectural identity. Glamorgan is the third volume in the Pevsner Buildings of Wales series. Each work is illustrated with numerous maps plans & photographs & concludes with Welsh language & architectural glossaries & indexes of artists & places. ...

Following the hugely successful The Girls Book of Glamour" & " The Fabulous Girls Book" this is an indispensable guide for gorgeous fun & feisty girls everywhere. Packed full of fabulous tips & glamorous tricks from performing the perfect pedicure & creating your own costume jewellery to hosting a spa-style party " The Glamorous Girls Book" will help girls stand out from the crowd." ...

Glamour is one of the most tantalizing & bewitching aspects of contemporary culture
- but also one of the most elusive. The aura
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