The Legate's Daughter by Wallace Breem

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The Legate's Daughter by Wallace Breem

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From the author of EAGLE IN THE SNOW an epic Roman tale about a kidnapping and rescue

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The Legate's Daughter by Wallace Breem

The scene is Rome in the troublesome year 24 B.C. Emperor Augustus is in ill health and the city is seething with intrigue. There is speculation about the succession, uncertainty in the capital and unrest on the frontiers. The question of an heir is acute. Augustus has only one child, a daughter, Julia. She is married to Marcellus, marking the young man with the Emperor's favour, but some disagree with the match. Powerful rivals engineer crisis and conspiracy. These events are seen through the eyes of Curtius Rufus, ex-centurion, gambler, and a man dissatisfied with life. He comes to the attention of Augustus's lieutenant, Marcus Agrippa, who leads Curtius into the puzzling affair of the legate's daughter, kidnapped, it appears, by pirates and held in captivity in the African desert.
Wallace Breem was born in 1926 and educated at Westminster School. In 1944 he entered the Indian Army Officers Training School and later joined a crack regiment of the North West Frontier Force. After the war he joined the staff of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, where he became Chief Librarian and Keeper of Manuscripts. He died in 1990.
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ISBN 13 9780753818954
ISBN 10 0753818957
Title The Legate's Daughter
Author Wallace Breem
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Year published 2005-10-06
Number of pages 296
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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