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Praetorian

Eagles of the Empire, Book 11

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Praetorian

By: Simon Scarrow
Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
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About this listen

If you don't know Simon Scarrow, you don't know Rome!

Praetorian is the gripping eleventh novel in Simon Scarrow's best-selling Eagles of the Empire series. Essential reading for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden.

AD 51. Legionaries Cato and Macro have forged a bond that has survived war, rebellion and torture. Yet nothing has prepared them for a daunting mission on the deadliest battlefield of all: the bloody streets of Rome.

Traitors are threatening to plunge the Empire into bloody chaos and no one can be trusted. The Emperor has ordered Cato and Macro to go on a deadly mission, working undercover to root out the traitors before Rome tears itself apart.

As the true scale of the corruption dawns, they realise they are facing terrifying odds. Two men against many, in a desperate race to save not only the Empire, but each other....

©2011 Simon Scarrow (P)2011 Headline Publishing Group Ltd
Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction War & Military Rome Scary

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Critic reviews

"I don't need this kind of competition." (Bernard Cornwell)
"A good, uncomplicated, rip-roaring read." ( Mail on Sunday)
"A new book in Simon Scarrow's series about the Roman army is always a joy." ( The Times)
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I like to read or listen to any books about Rome and Cato and macro . Very exciting long may it continue .

Cato and macro adventures

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Great addition to the series, probably my favourite but Gareth isn’t the best at narration.

Probably the best so far. Narration was terrible

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These are great stories but I'm fed up with the constantly changing readers. This one has two characters: a posh school master and a posh school pupil, neither are appropriate for these characters. Sorry, but it's a distraction.

Disappointed by reader.

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Good story with the heroes undercover. But as Macro says, get back to proper soldering

Proper soldiering

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The narrator makes the characters sound pretty wimpy, especially when Cato and Macro are shouting commands or showing frustration. Jonathan Keeble was much better

The narrator's not in keeping with the books

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