Scipio [Paperback]

Ross Leckie (Author)

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Paperback: 1 pages
Publisher: Abacus (Feb 3 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 034911238X
ISBN-13: 978-0349112381
Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.6 x 2.6 cm
Shipping Weight: 281 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,229,163 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Review

' All the battle scenes are terrific. So, indeed, is the novel, even better than HANNIBAL' -- Allan Massie

'By turns lucid, enlightening and thrilling, this is the historical novel at its best' -- THE HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY

'Leckie's Rome is certainly alive and kicking ... a fine achievement, a thoughtful and stylish piece of historical fiction' -- DAILY TELEGRAPH

Book Description

In this, the sequel to his internationally acclaimed and best-selling historical novel HANNIBAL, Ross Leckie tells the epic story of Scipio Africanus. Spanning six decades and three continents, SCIPIO is a riveting fictional memoir that charts the life of one of the great Roman leaders.

Scipio's defeat of Hannibal at the battle of Zama was a pivotal victory which paved the way for Roman expansion. His subsequent destruction of Antiochus at Magnesia and Philip V at Cynoscephalae helped to establish Rome's dominance of the world as they then knew it. Despite all this Scipio remained a flawed character; a man whose blindness to his own weaknesses ultimately brought about his own downfall.

Leckie brilliantly evokes the period in this superb historical novel. The result is a gripping and moving tragedy, an account of one man's successes and failings, filtered through the eyes of his compassionate, wise and loyal friend.

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