{"product_id":"the-barbarian-9781787634831","title":"The Barbarian","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAD 406.\u003c\/b\u003e Abandoned by friends and hounded by enemies, Roman cavalry commander Marcus Flavius Victor and a small band of loyal warriors know that the time has come to leave an increasingly fractured Britannia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheir journey takes them across the bleak, pirate-infested seas of the Mare Germanicum to Saxonia and on into the dark heart of barbarism. It seems the Britons' only salvation lies with an old comrade, General Stilicho - based far to the east but still within the sanctuary of the Empire. But the general has troubles of his own: his influence with the Emperor Honorius is waning, and a great warrior people are on the march - for Radagaisus, king of the Ostrogoths, has promised his subjects all the riches of Italia, and they will leave a sea of Roman bones in their wake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut as Marcus and his companions battle their way towards what they hope will a safe haven of sorts, they stumble across a secret which could decide the fate of the Empire. But who can they really trust, and can Marcus reach Stilicho in time - because his every step is dogged by a son who wants him dead...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet during the desperate twilight years of Rome's once all-powerful empire, \u003ci\u003eThe Barbarian \u003c\/i\u003eis the action-packed and thrillingly authentic new historical novel from one of the genre's very best.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA novel steeped in history . . . his battle scenes are as bloody and violent as any Tarantino movie. Yet he does this in a matter of fact way. There is no horror for horror’s sake . . exhilarating reading . . . full of incident and adventure, the product of the author’s fertile imagination and knowledge of the period. -- Allan Massie * SCOTSMAN *\u003cbr\u003eA rollercoaster ride through lands riven by conflict – both political and military . . . the battle scenes are expertly described and underpinned by careful research . . . Jackson has created another blockbuster historical fiction. -- ASPECTS OF HISTORY","brand":"Transworld Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53516084052311,"sku":"9781787634831","price":19.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-barbarian-9781787634831","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}