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Empire of the Eagle (Central Asia #2)
When Rome's might is crushed at the battle of Carrhae, the tribune Quintus can only watch in horror as the golden Eagles of Rome, symbols of everything he believes to be just, are dragged through the mud. Vowing vengeance, Quintus travels east into the mists of myth and legend, where visions of magic no Roman has ever seen astound him. And where he learns the secrets of ba...more
Paperback, 416 pages
Published
May 15th 1995
by Tor Books
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Andre Norton...I have such fond memories of Quag Keep and the Witch World melieu, I picked up this novel with confidence that I was going to enjoy reading it. It did not disappoint as I enjoyed the story very much. My mid-ling rating of stars however, has to do with what seemed to me a lack of euphony. The novel seemed a bit too choppy for my tastes and jumped around in spots and dragged in others. I don't remember Norton being like this, but then again its been some time since I read...more
Andre Norton...I have such fond memories of Quag Keep and the Witch World melieu, I picked up this novel with confidence that I was going to enjoy reading it. It did not disappoint as I enjoyed the story very much. My mid-ling rating of stars however, has to do with what seemed to me a lack of euphony. The novel seemed a bit too choppy for my tastes and jumped around in spots and dragged in others. I don't remember Norton being like this, but then again its been some time since I read...more
This is a story based on the defeat of a Roman Legion by the Oriental people, and the taking of the Roman's as slaves and booty to their homeland. It is not a very good book, and I would not spend time reading it if you were not a fan of Andre Norton. It ends with the Roman's setting up their own community with other escaped slaves in a desert oasis, being unable to reach any other land because of the desert surrounding them.
This book reads like a serial killer's hallucinations. Only the elements of Hinduism grant it any coherence and humanity at all. I thought so on my first reading, and it's coming through even more strongly this go round.
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Born February 17, 1912 in Cleveland, Ohio, Alice Mary Norton has always had an affinity to the humanities. She started writing in her teens, inspired by a charismatic high school teacher. First contacts with the publishing world led her, as many other contemporary female writers targeting a male-dominated market, to choose a literary pseudonym. In 1934 she legally changed her name to Andre Alice....more
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