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Pirata: The dramatic novel of the pirates who hunt the seas of the Roman Empire

By: Simon Scarrow, T. J. Andrews
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
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About this listen

 PIRATA - the action-packed novel of pirates in the Roman Empire in AD 25. Across the seas of the Adriaticum, pirates face mortal danger from wild storms, fight to hold their own against merciless rival pirates, and wrangle amongst themselves over hard-won treasure. While the Roman navy hunts them down ...


(P)2019 Headline Publishing Group Ltd©2019 Simon Scarrow Ancient Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Maritime History & Piracy Sea Adventures Thriller & Suspense War & Military World Pirate Adventure Heartfelt Military Rome

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l really enjoyed this book immensely, I highly recommend this book to you all. Enjoy

Excellent.

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A little ridiculous; a 17 yr old becoming a captain and leader of all the pirates within 5 minutes of arriving as a deck hand is too unbelievable - his attitude would have just got him murdered! He also seems to be able to kill Roman Legionaries and Optios too easily. The whole story is rushed and it is hard to support or empathise with pirates.

Not as good as the Macro and Cato stories

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This is very much a Simon Scarrow story. We have a clear-cut hero although in this case the hero is actually a criminal. While the brutality of elements of the Roman Empire would definitely lead to revolt sometimes it’s tricky to empathise with a hero and his group who are fundamentally murderers and thieves. Having said that, putting some of these things aside I enjoyed the story.

Interesting take.

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Jonathan Keeble could bring anything to life, but doesn't have to work too hard with this one. The setting and structure of the story is enjoyable and feeds the imagination, and generally quite a good fun read, if the dialogue is a bit one dimensional and the lead character a bit uninspiring, but amazingly lands on his feet.

Masterful performance, solid tale

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As ever Simon delivers a great story and the narration is excellent. However given that the chief protagonist is a pirate with all the inhuman nastiness that involves, I constantly had to suppress the lack of sympathy for his ‘plight’ and regularly didn’t agree with the general intimation that the Roman’s were the ‘bad guys’.

Great story but...

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