Main Series #1820. Penguin 1st Edition, published 1962.
In the year 61 A.D., Britons witness the insurrection of queen Boudicca (Boadicea), This bloody upheaval, caused by the unjust demands of Nero, resulted in the deaths of some seventy-thousand Romans and their ‘collaborators’. Colchester and St. Albans were gutted and London reduced to ashes. Against this background, Henry Treece sets his hero, Gemellus, a young Roman soldier who is sent out on a mission which might make or break him. His love for Eithne, a British girl, gives rise to a poignant division of loyalties, of a kind that soldiers have known throughout history.
Condition grading: Very Good. Light crease to right hand side of front cover. Light crease to bottom left corner of rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Main Series #1820. Penguin 1st Edition, published 1962.
In the year 61 A.D., Britons witness the insurrection of queen Boudicca (Boadicea), This bloody upheaval, caused by the unjust demands of Nero, resulted in the deaths of some seventy-thousand Romans and their ‘collaborators’. Colchester and St. Albans were gutted and London reduced to ashes. Against this background, Henry Treece sets his hero, Gemellus, a young Roman soldier who is sent out on a mission which might make or break him. His love for Eithne, a British girl, gives rise to a poignant division of loyalties, of a kind that soldiers have known throughout history.
Condition grading: Very Good. Light crease to right hand side of front cover. Light crease to bottom left corner of rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
