Cato Series (aka Eagle) (#1-11) by Simon Scarrow (.ePUB)(.AZW3)
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Cato Series (aka Eagle) (#1-11) by Simon Scarrow
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Overview: Simon Scarrow is a UK-based author, born in Nigeria and now based in Norfolk. He completed a master’s degree at the University of East Anglia[1] after working at the Inland Revenue, and then went into teaching as a lecturer, firstly at East Norfolk Sixth Form College, then at City College Norwich.
He is best known for his Eagle Series of Roman Military fiction set in the territories of the Roman Empire, covering the second invasion of Britain and the subsequent prolonged campaign undertaken by the rump of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
Scarrow cites the inspiration for his ‘earthy’ characters as being from his time in the Officer Training Corps.
The Cato (Eagle) Series centres around two main protagonists; Quintus Licinius Cato and Lucius Cornelius Macro, who are both Roman soldiers. Macro, a veteran with nearly 15 years service (at the start of the first novel) within the Roman Army, has recently been appointed to the Centurionate. Cato is in his teen years, who grew up in the Imperial Palace as a slave, and at the start of the series joins the Eagles as Macro’s Optio. The first book starts in 42 AD. The books cover the experiences of the two soldiers, initially as experienced centurion and new optio, in battles in Germania and the invasion of Britain by Claudius as part of the Legio II Augusta. The 6th book The Eagle’s Prophecy has them serving as part of the Imperial Navy east of Italy. The 7th and 8th puts them in Rome’s eastern provinces as agents of the Emperor’s secretary Tiberius Claudius Narcissus. The 9th sees them shipwrecked on the Island of Crete, fighting against a full-scale uprising.
In 2007 the publisher announced the intention to cease using the word “Eagle” in the title of books in this series, starting with Centurion. The change was apparently because the publisher wanted to attract more new readers to the series.
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller > Adventure > Ancient > Historical > War & Military
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