Sunday, March 13, 2016

Book review - "Vespasian 4: Rome's Fallen Eagle" by Robert Fabbri

Claudius is on the throne so Vespasian goes on a mission to retrieve some Eagles lost in the Teutonberg Forest, and takes part in the invasion of Britain. The book really divides into two parts - Germany and Britain, and focuses on action/battle sequences. The stuff in Britain is particularly interesting as there are a lot of set piece battles between armies, which we haven't had in the series before now. It does lack interesting characters - Narcissus is on hand and Claudius makes a cameo, but references to Messalina's antics at Rome did make me wish Fabbri had cut back there every now and then.

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