The optimum city maps for exploring shopping & much more. The laminated pocket format is easy to use complete with public transport maps. The detailed scale shows even the smallest streets & it

Includes:: an extensive street index. The map also features the Top 10 highlights the city has to offer. Map Scale
- 1: 15 000


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Explore the magnificent city of Rome with the help of this genuinely pocket-sized map. Small in size yet big on detail this compact dependable map will ensure you dont miss a thing. *

Includes:: 2 Pop Out maps
- a detailed street by street plan of the city centre as well as an overview map of greater Rome * Additional maps of Vatican City Palatino & Imperial Forum & the metro are also included * Ingenious self-folding map is small enough to fit in your pocket yet offers extensive coverage of the city in an easy-to-use format * Thorough street index is also featured & cross-referenced to the map so you can easily find your destination * Key places of interest are listed offering you advice on the best things to see


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A woman has been arrested on the streets of Rome. Shes young. Shes beautiful. Shes covered in blood. & she claims to be on the run from a mighty power that centuries ago brought the eternal city to its knees. Ex-priest Tom Shaman teams up with a headstrong policewoman to unravel the mystery. But within Romes churches & corridors of power stealthy enemies are conspiring against them. & someone is re-enacting sinister legends from the citys bloody past... Loaded with action that rockets from gothic plazas through majestic cathedrals & into the vast catacombs lurking beneath the city this electrifying thriller will dazzle fans of Dan Brown & Chris Kuzneski. ...

Thracia AD30: Even after four years military service at the edge of the Roman world Vespasian cant escape the tumultuous politics of an Empire on the brink of disintegration. His patrons in Rome have charged him with the clandestine extraction of an old enemy from a fortress on the banks of the Danube before it falls to the Roman legion besieging it. Vespasians mission is the key move in a deadly struggle for the right to rule the Roman Empire. The man he has been ordered to seize could be the witness that will destroy Sejanus commander of the Praetorian Guard & ruler of the Empire in all but name. Before he completes his mission Vespasian will face ambush in snowbound mountains pirates on the high seas & Sejanuss spies all around him. But by far the greatest danger lies at the rotten heart of the Empire at the nightmarish court of Tiberius Emperor of Rome & debauched paranoid madman. ...

A hero forged in battle. A legend born. Thracia AD30: Even after four years military service at the edge of the Roman world Vespasian can't escape the tumultuous politics of an Empire on the brink of disintegration. His patrons in Rome have charged him with the clandestine extraction of an old enemy from a fortress on the banks of the Danube before it falls to the Roman legion besieging it. Vespasian's mission is the key move in a deadly struggle for the right to rule the Roman Empire. The man he has been ordered to seize could be the witness that will destroy Sejanus commander of the Praetorian Guard & ruler of the Empire in all but name. Before he completes his mission Vespasian will face ambush in snowbound mountains pirates on the high seas & Sejanus's spies all around him. But by far the greatest danger lies at the rotten heart of the Empire at the nightmarish court of Tiberius Emperor of Rome & debauched paranoid madman. ...

Sebastos Pantera known to his many enemies as the Leopard is the spy the Emperor Nero uses only for the most challenging & important of missions. Hunting alone trusting no-one he must find the most dangerous man in Rome's empire & bring him to bloody justice. But his prey is cunning subtle & ruthless. Saulos has pledged to bring about the destruction of Rome & her provinces & now fate good luck & planning have given him the means to do so. It will take the strategies of a master hunter to combat the brilliance of Saulos' plan but Pantera has a new ally a king in the making who could change the future of his people; a man he can finally trust. If they work together they could bring a province back from the edge of ruin. But first they must attempt the impossible; an assault on an invulnerable fortress where failure means death to them both. ...

They are known as the Legion of the Damned... Throughout the Roman Army the Twelfth Legion is notorious for its ill fortune. It faces the harshest of postings the toughest of campaigns the most vicious of opponents. For one young man Demalion of Macedon joining it will be a baptism of fire. & yet amid all of the violence & savagery of his life as a legionary he realizes he has discovered a vocation
- as a soldier & a leader of men. He has come to love the Twelfth & all the bloody-minded dark-hearted soldiers he calls his brothers. But just when he has found a place in the world all that he cares about is ripped from him. During the brutal Judaean campaign the Hebrew army inflict defeat upon the legion
- not only decimating their ranks but taking away their soul the eagle. There is one final chance to save the legions honour
- to steal back the eagle. To do that Demalion & his legionaries must go undercover into Jerusalem into the very heart of their enemy
- where discovery will mean the worst of deaths
- if they are to recover their pride. & that in itself is a task worthy only of heroes.




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They are known as the Legion of the Damned. Throughout the Roman Army the brutal XIIth Legion is notorious for its ill fortune. For one young man Demalion of Macedon joining it will be a baptism of fire. & yet amid all of the violence & savagery of his life as a legionary he will come to love the Twelfth & the bloody-minded dark-hearted soldiers he calls his brothers. But during the punishing Judaean campaign the Hebrew army inflict a catastrophic defeat upon the legion
- not only decimating their ranks but taking away their soul
- the eagle. There is just one final chance to save the legion's honour
- to steal it back. To do that Demalion & his legionnaries must go undercover into Jerusalem into the very heart of their enemy where discovery will mean the worst of deaths if they are to recover their pride...


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Rome is burning. Only one man can save it. The Emperor: Nero Emperor of Rome & all her provinces feared by his subjects for his temper & cruelty is in possession of an ancient document predicting that Rome will burn. The Spy: Sebastos Pantera assassin & spy for the Roman Legions is ordered to stop the impending cataclysm. He knows that if he does not his life
- & those of thousands of others
- are in terrible danger. The Chariot Boy: Math a young charioteer is a pawn drawn into the deadly game between the Emperor & the Spy where death stalks the drivers
- on the track & off it.


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Seven titles in the popular Young Reading" series are re-issued with hardback covers with audio CDs inserted into a wallet inside the back cover making the book & CD easy to store together. " The Young Reading" series is developed with reading expert Alison Kelly from Roehampton University to help young readers grow in confidence & ability." ...