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Cargando... To Spare the Conquered (Peacock Books) (edición 1965)por Stephanie Plowman (Autor)
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Martius is the son of a disgraced Roman general, intent on proving himself, and this might be what drives him to excel at all he does - and he is rather tiresomely all-round competent. But the atmosphere of a frontier province on the brink of rebellion is very convincingly done, and there are some vivid characters. I particularly like Flaviola, Bouddica's scholarly daughter; Gaetulicus, the very pattern of a stolid centurion; Carus the brilliant commander of the Fourteenth who suffers with endless stomach complaints. And then there's Cerialis, the incoming commander of the Ninth - bluff, loud, and in the cinema of my mind played by Brian Blessed.
A period piece, but a very good story, and the writing is excellent. I was also rather startled to realise that my powers of concentration were much better as a teenager than they are now! ( )