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“Let everything go to destruction...”
1116 AD. After the triumph of the First Crusade, the Romans have reconquered much of Anatolia. However, the Turks are recovering their strength under the leadership of the formidable sultan, Malik Shah. Suddenly they unleash a string of bloody raids on the imperial frontier. The existence of the fragile, war-torn Roman state hangs in the balance.
Old and sick, the Emperor Alexios is forced to lead his forces to war one more time. He entrusts his army to Thorkell Skaldsson, now a veteran officer of the Varangian Guard. As the emperor's strength fades, Thorkell is plunged into battle. At the same time he must fight the enemy within, including his own family...
The tale of this bloody and brutal time is written by Thorkell, once a bard in the service of Waltheof, the last English earl. In old age, thousands of miles from England, he still mourns the conquest of his homeland. Before he dies, Thorkell has vowed to write the truth...of Duke William, Harold Hardrada and Sweyn of Denmark, of the Emperor Alexios and the mighty city of Micklegarth...of the fall and rise of the English.
The Northman has one last saga to tell...
THE CAESAR is the ninth and final chapter of THE BLOODY HAND SAGA from David Pilling, author of The Champion series, Longsword, Leader of Battles, Reiver, Caesar's Sword, Edward I and Wales, and many other fiction and nonfiction works.
Genre: Historical
1116 AD. After the triumph of the First Crusade, the Romans have reconquered much of Anatolia. However, the Turks are recovering their strength under the leadership of the formidable sultan, Malik Shah. Suddenly they unleash a string of bloody raids on the imperial frontier. The existence of the fragile, war-torn Roman state hangs in the balance.
Old and sick, the Emperor Alexios is forced to lead his forces to war one more time. He entrusts his army to Thorkell Skaldsson, now a veteran officer of the Varangian Guard. As the emperor's strength fades, Thorkell is plunged into battle. At the same time he must fight the enemy within, including his own family...
The tale of this bloody and brutal time is written by Thorkell, once a bard in the service of Waltheof, the last English earl. In old age, thousands of miles from England, he still mourns the conquest of his homeland. Before he dies, Thorkell has vowed to write the truth...of Duke William, Harold Hardrada and Sweyn of Denmark, of the Emperor Alexios and the mighty city of Micklegarth...of the fall and rise of the English.
The Northman has one last saga to tell...
THE CAESAR is the ninth and final chapter of THE BLOODY HAND SAGA from David Pilling, author of The Champion series, Longsword, Leader of Battles, Reiver, Caesar's Sword, Edward I and Wales, and many other fiction and nonfiction works.
Genre: Historical
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