Warrior of Rome I: Fire in the East" is Harry Sidebottom's historical debut. The year is AD 255
- the Roman Imperium is stretched
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Warrior of Rome II: King of Kings" is the second in Harry Sidebottom's vivid five-part series. AD256
- the spectre of treachery
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Warrior of Rome III: Lion of the Sun" by Harry Sidebottom is the bestselling third instalment in the " Warrior of Rome" series. Mesopotamia AD 260. Betrayed by his most trusted adviser the Roman Emperor Valerian has been captured by the Sassanid barbarians. The shame of the vanquished beats down mercilessly like the white sun as the frail old emperor prostrates himself before Shapur King of Kings. Ballista looks on helplessly but vows under his breath to avenge those who have brought the empire to the brink of destruction with their treachery. One day maybe not soon but one day I will kill you... But first he must decide what price he will pay for his own freedom. Only the fearless & only those whom the gods will spare from hell can now save the empire from a catastrophic ending. Ballista the Warrior of Rome faces his greatest challenge yet. Dr Harry Sidebottom is a leading authority on ancient warfare
- he applies his knowledge with a spectacular flair for sheer explosive action & knuckle-whitening drama. Fans of Bernard Cornwell will love Sidebottom's recreation of the ancient world. Praise for Harry Sidebottom: " Sidebottom's prose blazes with searing scholarship". (" The Times"). " The best sort of red-blooded historical fiction". (Andrew Taylor author of " The American Boy"). Dr. Harry Sidebottom is Fellow of St Benets Hall & Lecturer at Lincoln College Oxford
- where he specializes in ancient warfare & classical art."

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Warrior of Rome: The Amber Road is the sixth book in Harry Sidebottom's Warrior of Rome series. AD 264
- The Roman Empire is torn
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Warrior of Rome: The Wolves of the North" by Harry Sidebottom marks the start of a new trilogy within the " Warrior of Rome" series. AD263
- barbarian invasions & violent uprisings threaten to tear apart the Imperium of Rome. In the north the tribes are increasingly bold in their raids on the Imperium
- their savagery unlike anything Rome has known before. Ballista must undertake his most treacherous journey yet
- a covert attempt to turn the barbarians of the steppe against each other. He must face the Heruli
- the most bizarre & brutal of all the nomad tribes
- the Eaters of Flesh the Wolves of the North. As Ballista & his retinue make their journey someone
- or something
- is hunting them picking them off one by one & leaving a trail of terror & mutilated corpses. Ballista is in a strange land among strange people but is it possible that the greatest threat may come from within his own familia? Dr Harry Sidebottom is a leading authority on ancient warfare
- he applies his knowledge with a spectacular flair for sheer explosive action & knuckle-whitening drama. Fans of Bernard Cornwell will love Sidebottoms recreation of the ancient world. Praise for Harry Sidebottom: " Sidebottoms prose blazes with searing scholarship". (" The Times"). " The best sort of red-blooded historical fiction". (Andrew Taylor author of " The American Boy"). Dr. Harry Sidebottom is Fellow of St Benets Hall & Lecturer at Lincoln College Oxford
- where he specializes in ancient warfare & classical art."








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The second book in an exciting br&-new Arthurian trilogy Twelve long blood-soaked years have passed since Artor fulfilled his destiny & was crowned the High King of the Britons. Against all odds Artor has united Celtic Britain & with a last great campaign has banished the Saxon scourge. The legend of Camlann has begun. But even as Artor's kingdom is at its zenith even as he has succeeded in conquering all external threats to his rule his kingdom is being undermined from within. Not only is Artor betrayed by the one person he should be able to trust he has also learned of appalling perversion at the heart of his kingdom. He must make a terrible choice. Does he commit a deed that leaves him open to comparison with the despotic Uther Pendragon or does he let evil go unchecked? The burden of leadership of power now rests solely
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- on Artor's shoulders for Myrddion Merlinus master tactician guiding light for so many years has left Artor to his fate. Could all that Artor has fought for the destiny of Britain be lost? Will Britain be torn apart?

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During his lifetime legendary martial artist Bruce Lee formulated a complex personal philosophy
- a synthesis of Eastern & Western
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The powerful new timeslip novel from the worldwide bestselling author of Lady in Hay in which the fate of a young woman becomes entwined with the extraordinary history of a Celtic princess. Jess a young teacher in London is attacked by someone she fears knows her well. Fleeing to her sister's house in the Welsh borders to recuperate she is disturbed by the cries of a mysterious child. Two thousand years before the same valley is the site of a great battle between Caratacus king of the Brtitish tribes & the invading Romans. The proud king is captured & taken as a prisoner to Rome with his wife & daughter the princess Eigon. Jess is inexorably drawn to investigate Eigon's story & as the Welsh cottage is no longer a peaceful sanctuary she determines to visit Rome. There lie the connections that will reveal Eigon's astonishing life
- & which threaten to reawaken Jess's own tormentor. Barbara Erskine's ability to weave together the past & the present shedding light on a real but little-known figure makes this a tremendous novel of Roman & Celtic history passion & intrigue.
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For five turbulent years Ariane of Claredon has dutifully prepared herself for marriage to King Henry's most trusted vassal the feared Norman knight Ranulf de Vernay. But cruel circumstance has branded Ariane's father a traitor to the crown. & Ranulf is returning to Claredon not as bridegroom...but as conqueror. Survivor of a hellish youth Ranulf knows well the treacheries of noblewomen
- & mistrusts the regal defiant beauty to whom he was once betrothed. But though he has come to claim her lands & her body as his prize it is the mighty warrior who must ultimately surrender to Ariane's proud determined passion & her remarkable healing love. Rouge Romance
- your first stop for romance books

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Ross Kemp has encountered conflict & warfare the world over broadcasting from some of the most volatile military hot-zones. From meeting the worlds deadliest gangsters to perhaps his hardest assignment of all; embedded with the British Army in Afghanistans Helmand province where he witnessed some of the fiercest fighting of the conflict & was trained in the tactics they use to stay alive. Stationed with British forces for his award-winning television documentaries Ross Kemp has not only experienced the terror & exhilaration of life on the frontline but also the courage & leadership of todays servicemen & women. The plight of our Armed Forces is one especially close to his heart & here for the first time Kemp tells the breathtaking stories of commandos medics submariners fighter pilots infantrymen sailors & engineers in daring raids stirring last stands & acts of extreme valour. British Fighting Heroes" is Ross Kemps personal tribute to some of the most remarkable men & women to have served in the British Armed Forces during the two World Wars many of them unsung or forgotten. From Sgt Major Stan Hollis D-Days only VC winner to Freddie Spencer Chapman the reluctant war hero who spent three years behind enemy lines in Burma fighting guerrilla warfare against troops each account is an extraordinary tale of courage adventure & patriotic sacrifice." ...