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Manfredi Valerio Massimo
Empire Of Dragons
Empire Of Dragons
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Description: Valerio Massimo Manfredi's Empire of Dragons is set in Anatolia AD 260. The Roman outpost of Edessa is on its last legs after the Persian siege and Roman Emperor Publius Licinius Valerianus agrees to meet his adversary to negotiate peace. But the meeting is a trap and the Emperor ends up in enemy hands along with the commander of his personal guard Marcus Metellus Aquila and ten of his most valiant and trusted men. Their destiny is sealed: they will rot away in a mine forced into slavery. But Metellus - legate of the Second Augusta Legion hero of the empire - and his men break free and find shelter at an oasis where they meet a mysterious exiled prince. The Romans become the prince's private militia agreeing to safeguard the prince's journey back to his homeland Sera Maior the mythical Kingdom of Silk - China. And so they begin an extraordinary and epic journey through the forests of India the Himalayan mountains the deserts of central Asia all the way to the heart of China - as the very survival of the world's greatest two empires is at stake.
Title: Empire Of Dragons
Author(s): Manfredi Valerio Massimo
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Barcode: 9781447276739
Pages: 416 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 7/14/2016
Category: Historical Fiction
Description: Valerio Massimo Manfredi's Empire of Dragons is set in Anatolia AD 260. The Roman outpost of Edessa is on its last legs after the Persian siege and Roman Emperor Publius Licinius Valerianus agrees to meet his adversary to negotiate peace. But the meeting is a trap and the Emperor ends up in enemy hands along with the commander of his personal guard Marcus Metellus Aquila and ten of his most valiant and trusted men. Their destiny is sealed: they will rot away in a mine forced into slavery. But Metellus - legate of the Second Augusta Legion hero of the empire - and his men break free and find shelter at an oasis where they meet a mysterious exiled prince. The Romans become the prince's private militia agreeing to safeguard the prince's journey back to his homeland Sera Maior the mythical Kingdom of Silk - China. And so they begin an extraordinary and epic journey through the forests of India the Himalayan mountains the deserts of central Asia all the way to the heart of China - as the very survival of the world's greatest two empires is at stake.
Title: Empire Of Dragons
Author(s): Manfredi Valerio Massimo
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Barcode: 9781447276739
Pages: 416 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 7/14/2016
Category: Historical Fiction