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King of the Romans

by John Gorman
Stuart Langton
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When Clovis moves to conquer Gaul in 486 A.D., only Syagrius, King of the Romans, has the courage to stand in his way; but he pays a fearful price for his defiance. Shattered by a defeat that cost him his wife, his son, his city and his army, Syagrius wanders through the collapsing world of a dying empire. He finds refuge with a procurator broken by his past, a centurion haunted by betrayal, and a priestess desperate for love—all too proud and too honorable to compromise with the corruption that threatens to destroy them.

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  • Release date

    January 19, 2010

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781481561969
      • File size: 202285 KB
      • Duration: 07:01:25

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Text Difficulty: 10-12

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Stuart Langton spiffs up this trite ("she felt him inside her") war story about Syagrius, a Roman, who was not a king, but a procurator, in a Gallic province two thousand years ago. The story, although intended to be historical literature, lacks convincing and fascinating details about how the Roman armies fought. By means of sadistic torture scenes and decapitations in battle, the author gives Stuart Langton a mountain of fodder for the unique voices and inflections he creates as he brings the novel's characters to life. Langton punctuates sentences by extending the last word of each, and portrays women with an oxymoronic "bass falsetto" voice. J. A. H. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Text Difficulty:10-12

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