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. ...

Rome: AD69 The Year of the Four Emperors". Three Emperors have ruled in Rome this year & a fourth Vespasian has been named in the East. As the legions march toward civil war Sebastos Pantera the spy whose name means leopard returns to Rome intent on bribery blackmail & persuasion: whatever it takes to bring the commanders & their men to Vespasian's side. But in Rome as he uses every skill he has ever learned of subterfuge codes & camouflage it becomes clear that one of those closest to him is a traitor who will let Rome fall to destroy him. Together the two spies spin a web of deceit with Rome as the prize & death the only escape." ...

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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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." ...

Oxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students with accessible on-page notes & explanatory illustrations clear background information & rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. This edition of Romeo & Juliet

Includes:: illustrations preliminary notes reading lists (including websites) & classroom notes. Romeo & Juliet is a set text for KS3 in England & remains one of the most popular texts for study by secondary students the world over.

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Cambridge School Shakespeare editions offer an active approach to the Bard's works treating each play as a script to be acted explored & enjoyed. Resources available on Cambridge GO as a separate purchase: PDF Textbook
- an electronic version of the student text in PDF format that can be annotated & downloaded. Note: Cambridge School Shakespeare & New Cambridge Shakespeare contain the same version of the play text.
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Love sex & death are the components of Shakespeare's classic story of the love of two young people which reaches across the barriers of family & convention. It encompasses great love high drama low comedy & a tragic ending. Romeo & Juliet is a pure tragedy of youth told in verse that is both youthful & intense. The loveliness & the music of the poetry make believable the otherwise commonplace afflictions of blighted love. ...

A young man & woman meet by chance & fall instantly in love. But their families are bitter enemies & in order to be together the two lovers must be prepared to risk everything. Set in a city torn apart by feuds & gang warfare Romeo & Juliet is a dazzling combination of passion & hatred bawdy comedy & high tragedy. ...