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    Rome's Sacred Flame: Sunday Post's best reads of the year, 2018

    By Robert Fabbri

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    Sunday Post's best reads of the year, 2018

    Rome, AD 63. Vespasian has been made Governor of Africa. Nero, Rome's increasingly unpredictable Emperor, orders him to journey with his most trusted men to a far-flung empire in Africa to free 500 Roman citizens who have been enslaved by a desert kingdom. Vespasian arrives at the city to negotiate their emancipation, hoping to return to Rome a hero and find himself back in favour with Nero.

    But when Vespasian reaches the city, he discovers a slave population on the edge of revolt. With no army to keep the population in check, it isn't long before tensions spill over into bloody chaos. Vespasian must escape the city with all 500 Roman citizens and make their way across a barren desert, battling thirst and exhaustion, with a hoard of rebels at their backs. It's a desperate race for survival, with twists and turns aplenty.

    Meanwhile, back in Rome, Nero's extravagance goes unchecked. All of Rome's elite fear for their lives as Nero's closest allies run amok. Can anyone stop the Emperor before Rome devours itself? And if Nero is to be toppled, who will be the one to put his head in the lion's mouth?
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    Don't miss Robert Fabbri's epic new series Alexander's Legacy

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCorvus
    Release dateJan 4, 2018
    ISBN9781782397076
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    Rome's Sacred Flame: Sunday Post's best reads of the year, 2018
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    Robert Fabbri

    Robert Fabbri read Drama and Theatre at London University and has worked in film and TV for twenty-five years. As an assistant director he has worked on productions such as Hornblower, Hellraiser, Patriot Games and Billy Elliot. His life-long passion for ancient history - especially the Roman Empire - inspired the birth of the Vespasian series. He lives in London and Berlin.

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      Enthralling novel. Vol. 8 in the author's Vespasian series, this takes us from his stint as governor of Africa to his appointment as leader of military forces set to fight the Jewish War. As governor, he brings a group of Roman citizens out of non-Roman territory where they have been made slaves, into Roman territory, despite hardship, mutiny among his auxiliaries, and a slave revolt. Back in Rome, he and his brother live through Nero's excesses. The man is becoming more and more demented. Vespasian is present at the Great Fire and helps to fight it as he can and gives his approval to Nero's choice of scapegoat, who Nero blames as arsonists. For awhile to escape Nero's eye, Vespasian flees to one of his estates and puts down a gang of bandits, but losing his wife to them. Back in Rome, and having caught Nero's notice as military genius, he is tasked to fight and win Jewish War, having first helped foil a conspiracy againt the emperor's life.The novel was spine-tingling, especially the march across the desert and the episode on his estate. I thought his wife's death a bit far-fetched, as well as bringing Peter and Paul in as supposed directors of the arson. Characterization was very good, but Vespasian was a bit too perfect. And, I didn't like his attitude towards Christians, but I supposed in that place and time, it was typical, so I don't fault the author. I especially liked his OTT Nero--[shades of Peter Ustinov's film Nero crossed with a famous person of our day] and his Uncle Gaius, who only wanted to be unobtrusive. I had no interest in Vespasian's earlier life in Fabbri's series, but found this novel was easily a standalone.Highly recommended.