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David McK (3816 KP) rated The Eagle in the Sand (Eagle, #7) in Books

Jan 30, 2019  
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The Eagle in the Sand (Eagle, #7)
Simon Scarrow | 2007
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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Last book (so far) in Simon Scarrows Macro and Cato series to include the use of the word 'Eagle' in the title - before the series as a whole was rebranded - and the first book to be set in the Eastern provinces (unlike the earlier novels, set in and around Europe).

The events of this one, instead, take place in Judea, mainly centring around a small fort on the outpost of the Roman Empire. While its not essential to have read the earlier novels, it may help, with the occassional passing reference to earlier events.

I also have to say that it could be easy to take offence at the way certain famous historical personages - one in particular - are portrayed, but at the end of the day, this is only a work of fiction and doesn't purport to be anything but.
  
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    Rome, 63 BC. In a city on the brink of acquiring a vast empire, seven men are struggling for power....

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Awix (3310 KP) rated The Avengers - Season 3 in TV

Jul 15, 2020  
The Avengers - Season 3
The Avengers - Season 3
1963 | Thriller
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
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The third series of The Avengers is slicker, more confident, and slightly more inclined towards silliness than the one before, particularly as Brian Clemens writes more of the scripts. The occasional very serious thriller or crime episode still sneaks through, and these are often very good, but for the first time one finds stories about lunatics looking to restore the Roman Empire in addition to plots about drug smuggling.

It's still a slightly mixed bag but the two stars are endlessly watchable and the chemistry between them is great. The best episodes bear comparison to ones from the better-known filmed seasons that made up the rest of the series' run. Maybe not quite up to the standard of those later shows, but this is the foundation they were built on, and entertaining in its own right.