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'It was the curse of the modern age, options; who needed options, when everything was essentially...

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When Glasgow journalist Shona McGilvery moves with her partner Mikey and their baby to an idyllic...

In the Field: 2017
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Journalist Orin Perth disappears somewhere in East Africa after delivering a powerful article on...

Everything Ravaged Everything Burned
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A man is booted out of his home after his wife discovers that the sweat-smudged footprint on the...

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Tom Turner (388 KP) rated Tribune of Rome in Books
May 6, 2021
I had never heard of Vespasian below starting this book, and assumed that he was a fictitious character in the same vein as Sharpe or Hornblower, just in the Roman era. Obviously I was wrong, for he in fact became Emporer of Rome after Nero (kinda).
This added a level of intrigue to the story for me, obviously this book is only the beginnings of his story, as there are another 9 books in the series. But it's definitely got me hooked.
At times I got a little exasperated with stone of the tropes and plot conveniences used, but I'm giving Fabbri the benefit of the doubt, after all this was his debut novel.
This added a level of intrigue to the story for me, obviously this book is only the beginnings of his story, as there are another 9 books in the series. But it's definitely got me hooked.
At times I got a little exasperated with stone of the tropes and plot conveniences used, but I'm giving Fabbri the benefit of the doubt, after all this was his debut novel.