Hadrian's Wall

2009-10-13 Fiction

Author : William Dietrich
Release : 2009-10-13
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 808/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Hadrian's Wall written by William Dietrich. This book was released on 2009-10-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fusion of Steven Pressfield's Gates of Fire and the movie Braveheart; a novel of ancient warfare, lethal politics, and the final great clash of Roman and Celtic culture. For three centuries, the stone barrier we know as Hadrian's Wall shielded Roman Britain from the unconquered barbarians of the island's northern highlands. But when Valeria, a senator's daughter, is sent to the Wall for an arranged marriage to an aristocratic officer in 367 AD, her journey unleashes jealousy, passion and epic war. Valeria's new husband, Marcus, has supplanted the brutally efficient veteran soldier Galba as commander of the famed Petriana cavalry. Yet Galba insists on escorting the bride–to–be on her journey to the Wall. Is he submitting to duty? Or plotting revenge? And what is the mysterious past of the handsome barbarian chieftain Arden Caratacus, who springs from ambush and who seems to know so much of hated Rome? As sharp as the edge of a spatha sword and as piercing as a Celtic arrow, Hadrian's Wall evokes a lost world of Roman ideals and barbaric romanticism.

Hadrian's Wall

2018-04-10 History

Author : Adrian Goldsworthy
Release : 2018-04-10
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 45X/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Hadrian's Wall written by Adrian Goldsworthy. This book was released on 2018-04-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an award-winning historian of ancient Rome, a definitive history of Hadrian's Wall Stretching eighty miles from coast to coast across northern England, Hadrian's Wall is the largest Roman artifact known today. It is commonly viewed as a defiant barrier, the end of the empire, a place where civilization stopped and barbarism began. In fact, the massive structure remains shrouded in mystery. Was the wall intended to keep out the Picts, who inhabited the North? Or was it merely a symbol of Roman power and wealth? What was life like for soldiers stationed along its expanse? How was the extraordinary structure built -- with what technology, skills, and materials? In Hadrian's Wall, Adrian Goldsworthy embarks on a historical and archaeological investigation, sifting fact from legend while simultaneously situating the wall in the wider scene of Roman Britain. The result is a concise and enthralling history of a great architectural marvel of the ancient world.

Hadrian's Walls

1999 Fiction

Author : Robert Draper
Release : 1999
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Hadrian's Walls written by Robert Draper. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a surprising debut novel, the lifelong friendship between a prison's director and a notorious convict creates a conflict between obligation and loyalty.

Hadrian's Wall Path

2023-09-26 Travel

Author : Mark Richards
Release : 2023-09-26
Genre : Travel
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 103/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Hadrian's Wall Path written by Mark Richards. This book was released on 2023-09-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential guidebook to walking the 135km (84 mile) Hadrian's Wall Path. One of the UK's most visited National Trails, it runs the length of the Roman Wall from Bowness-on-Solway in Cumbria to Wallsend, Newcastle. The trail is presented here in 10 stages, with suggestions for five and eight-day itineraries. It is suitable for beginners, although a reasonable level of fitness is required if doing it as a multi-day walk. The route is described both west to east and east to west, and the guidebook also features an extension through Newcastle to South Shields on the east coast. This guidebook contains a wealth of information on the history of the Wall, and a range of practical information for walkers, from accommodation and itinerary planning, to details on public transport and refreshments. A separate map booklet of 1:25,000 scale OS maps shows the full route. Clear step-by-step route descriptions in the guide are illustrated by 1:100,000 OS map extracts. The route description links together with the map booklet at each stage along the way, and the compact format is conveniently sized for slipping into a jacket pocket or the top of a rucksack.

Hadrian's Wall

1987

Author : David J. Breeze
Release : 1987
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Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Hadrian's Wall written by David J. Breeze. This book was released on 1987. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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