HEADLINE When the Eagle Hunts (Eagles of the Empire 3)

An exciting, overwhelming and breathtaking book. I'll never give up this series till the last word!Un libro coinvolgente, eccellente, travolgente, come del resto tutti gli altri della serie. Uno stile unico, in grado di conformarsi ai gusti di tutti!

Kommando mäßig kämpfen unsere Helden an der Seite historischer Größen. Ich fande es ein bisschen dick aufgetragen, mochte es aber trotzdem -> daher 4 Sterne. Wem der Vorgänger gefiel kann hier aber bedenkenlos zugreifen.

Read this book in 2006, and its the 3rd volume of the amazing "Cato & Macro Eagle" Series.This tale is set in the year AD 43, and Macro and Cato find themselves near Camulodunum (now Colchester), victorious after battle against the Britons.Emperor Claudius has returned to Rome as a Victor, with Centurion Macro and his Optio Cato resting and regrouping with the 2nd Legion.But General Plautius is restless and plans another campaign, when news arrives that a ship carrying Plautius's family members has been shipwrecked, and his wife and children taken by a dark sect of Druids.The Druids demand that all of their brotherhood to be released within one month, or Plautius's family members will be burned alive.In the end our two heroes, Macro & Cato, will start their investigations, and hopefully find the lair of these Druids, and whenever they can release these family members of Plautius.What is to follow is a suspenseful and superb historical Roman adventure, in which Cato & Macro will excel in their hunting skills and eliminate those who stands against the mighty of Rome and its brutal values of life and death.Highly recommended, for this is another great addition to this terrific series, and that's why I like to call this episode: "A Tremendous Eagle Hunt"!

great read

I have read literature on military history throughout my life, having a proud military tradition in my family. However in the last year I have found myself fixated with Roman history, from foundation to republic and past empire to byzantine times. Having read such fabulous non-fiction as Rubicon, and Goldworthys 'In the Name of Rome' aswell as many others, I'm starting to understand Rome quite thoroughly and the way it shaped the world.I have also read many fiction books of late based in the time of Rome. I have just finished 'Eagle in the Snow' by Wallace Breem and I have never before been so awe inspired by a fictional tale. It is wholeheartedly recommended.I chose to start the Eagles series of books before I attempted The Emperor series, and I must say after reading the first 2 novels in this series I have no complaints.The books are full of fast flowing action, if you read the books in sequential order the characters are actually well developed, and on whole the series is turning into a slick page turner.Having studied the history behind the books, their is obviously lots wrong in the sense of as a previous reviewer pointed out, the humour between centurions and what not. But Simon Scarrow is a history teacher in his own right, and has obviously allowed some artistic license.If you take the series for what it is, a damn good adventure book, you'll enjoy every page you read.