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The Fort
- City of Victory, Book 1
- Narrated by: Stephen Perring
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
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Summary
From best-selling historian Adrian Goldsworthy, a profoundly authentic, action-packed adventure set on Rome's Danubian frontier.
AD 105: Dacia
The Dacian kingdom and Rome are at peace, but no one thinks that it will last. Sent to command an isolated fort beyond the Danube, centurion Flavius Ferox can sense that war is coming but also knows that enemies may be closer to home.
Many of the Brigantes under his command are former rebels and convicts, as likely to kill him as obey an order. And then there is Hadrian, the emperor's cousin, and a man with plans of his own.
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- Robin
- 23-05-22
Audible disappoints once again
Loved the story. Loved the Narrator.
However, I am sick of Audible using different Narrators for for continuations of a series. I respect this technically is separate from Adrian's previous trilogy but it's the same characters.
This is an on going issue with many series and sadly using a different narrator completely changes the characters. VERY ANNOYING
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- Greg Mullan
- 05-09-21
Really disappointed
I am an avid reader of , for the use of a better phrase, Roman fiction/ history. This book came to my attention and I thought well why not even though the author was not that familiar to me.
It was a lengthy story but after around 8 hours listening I couldn’t take anymore. And this was largely because I hadn’t a clue what was going on. There were a plethora of events, characters,wholly over the top, in my humble opinion, detailed description of incidents which were difficult to link leaving me totally confused and bewildered. Undoubtedly, everything probably comes together in the end, but, to be honest, I hadn’t the energy or desire to wait around .
Good luck to the author but I, for one, will not be revisiting his works
Sorry but honest
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7 people found this helpful
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- B. C. Sharp
- 26-08-21
excellent for seeding me to sleep
very slow going ,any thing exciting happened in the last three chapters .
what a pity .
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6 people found this helpful
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- Mike
- 17-06-21
Gripping story, and a world rich in historical detail.
This is another great book from Mr Goldsworthy that’s rich in historical detail and brilliantly read by Stephen Perring.
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- PH
- 10-10-22
Cracking story with some odd pronunciation
Goldsworthy applies his knowledge of the Roman Army and Empire to good effect with his ensemble cast and main protagonist, Ferox. The multiple narratives hold the attention as does the main military action. However, since the last novel, the character Enica has acquired an Irish accent from somewhere and the mispronunciation of words is more noticeable, not just Latin ones. Thus Princeps is spoken in the Audible recording with a soft ‘c’ and Longinus with a soft ‘g’ when both should be hard. The ‘a’ in legatus is short when it should be pronounced ‘legahtus’. Decebelus should have the emphasis on the first two syllables. The English ‘cuirass’ should have the emphasis on the second syllable, and ‘routed’ should have been pronounced ‘rowted’ not ‘rooted’.
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- Diogo M. Liberal
- 17-11-21
Good entertainement and change of narrator
Good book and change of set, instead of Britannia is Dalmatia with interesting historical background. Lively action and more importantly a speedier narrator. The previous narrator from books 1 to 3 was good but slower reader and the change is most welcome.
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- C. D. Hough
- 15-01-23
Well informed but not compelling
Adrian Goldworthy is extremely knowledgable about the Roman army and it shows, however the story is pretty formulaic and dull.
The atory reads as if you tuned into one episode of a series that has been going on too long. There is a lot of hinted backstory and the resolution seems to be the introducrion to something more.
Overall it isn't a bad way to spend your commute, but it is pretty forgettable.
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- SK
- 05-01-23
A bit slow to get going but OK
The story took quite a while to gain momentum but it got there in the end. I’ve listened to better but still worthy of listening to the conclusion and left wondering if there’s a follow on book
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- Tom Ind
- 02-09-23
Good story
Good story - lots of action and battle scenes. I found the reader spoke to quickly and I had to reduce the reading speed as I was struggling to follow. I will finish the series.
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- Ashley Newman
- 17-02-23
Another great book in the series
The last three books were great.
I enjoyed the siege setting, it’s a nice change of pace
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