Adrian Goldsworthy

Published Roman novels: 6

Website: adriangoldsworthy.com
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Current Roman novels:

1. Vindolanda (Vindolanda series: book 1 of 3)

AD 98: The bustling army base at Vindolanda lies on the northern frontier of Britannia and the entire Roman world. In just over twenty years time, the Emperor Hadrian will build his famous wall. But for now defences are weak as tribes rebel against Rome, and local druids preach the fiery destruction of the invaders. It falls to Flavius Ferox, Briton and Roman centurion, to keep the peace. But it will take more than just a soldier's courage to survive life in Roman Britain.

Paperback: Latest edition: 2017 Publisher: Head of Zeus ISBN: 978-1784974701 Pages: 416 Availability and latest price on Amazon:

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2. The Encircling Sea (Vindolanda series: book 2 of 3)

AD 100: Vindolanda, a fort on the edge of the Roman world. Flavius Ferox, Briton turned Roman centurion, is charged with keeping Rome's empire intact. But from his base at Vindolanda on the northern frontier of Britannia, he feels enemies closing in on him from all sides. Ambitious leaders await the chance to carve out empires of their own. While men nearer at hand speak in whispers of war and the destruction of Rome. And now new threats are reaching Ferox's ears. Stories about the boat-dwelling men of the night, who have cursed the land and only come ashore to feast on men's flesh. These are just rumours for now. But Ferox knows that rumours stem from truth. And that no one on this isle is safe from the great, encircling sea...

Paperback: Latest edition: 2018 Publisher: Head of Zeus ISBN: 978-1784978181 Pages: 400 Availability and latest price on Amazon:

Hardcover: Latest edition: 2018 Publisher: Corvus ISBN: 978-1784978167 Pages: 400 Availability and latest price on Amazon:

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3. Brigantia (Vindolanda series: book 3 of 3)

Flavius Ferox is the hardbitten centurion charged with keeping the peace on Britannia's frontier with the barbarian tribes of the north. Now he's been summoned to Londinium by the governor, but before he sets out an imperial freedman is found brutally murdered in a latrine at Vindolanda fort – and Ferox must find the killer. As he follows the trail, the murder leads him to plots against the empire and Rome itself, and an old foe gathering mysterious artefacts in the hope of working a great magic. Bandits, soldiers, and gladiators alike are trying to kill him, old friends turn traitor, and Ferox is lured reluctantly to the sinister haunts of the old druids on the isle of Mona, and the bitter power struggle among the Brigantes, the great tribe of the north...

Paperback: Latest edition: 2019 Publisher: Head of Zeus ISBN: 978-1784978211 Pages: 464 Availability and latest price on Amazon:

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4. The Fort (City of Victory series: book 1 of 3)

Dacia, AD105: 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..

Paperback: Latest edition: 2021 Publisher: Head of Zeus ISBN: 978-1789545760 Pages: 496 Availability and latest price on Amazon:

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5. The City (City of Victory series: book 2 of 3)

AD 114: Nicopolis. In the arid plains beyond the empire's Eastern Frontier, a Roman legion lays siege to the city of Nicopolis.Estranged from his beloved Enica to keep her safe, centurion Flavius Ferox is still working for the emperor's cousin, the calculating and ruthless Hadrian. Sent to uncover wholesale corruption in the army, Ferox has killed a tribune and is under suspended sentence of death – but he knows more traitors are at large.

As the siege builds, Ferox will have to figure out who can be trusted, and just what it is that Hadrian really wants...

Paperback: Latest edition: 2021 Publisher: Head of Zeus ISBN: 978-1789545807 Pages: 480 Availability and latest price on Amazon:

Hardcover: Latest edition: 2022 Publisher: Head of Zeus ISBN: 978-1789545784 Pages: 480 Availability and latest price on Amazon:

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6. The Wall (City of Victory series: book 3 of 3)

AD 117: BRITANNIA. Roman centurion Flavius Ferox is trying to live a quiet life of dignified leisure, overseeing his wife's estate and resisting the urge to murder an annoying neighbour - until someone else does it for him.

Dragged back into a life of violence, Ferox finds himself chasing raiders, fighting chieftains and negotiating with kings. Under the new emperor, Hadrian, the whole world seems to be changing: old friends are now enemies, enemies claim they are friends, and new and deadly threats lurk in the shadows.

When Hadrian himself comes to Britannia to inspect his great wall, war erupts suddenly. Ferox is the only one who can save the emperor - but with his family, and his own life, in danger, he must first decide whose side he is on.

Paperback: Latest edition: 2023 Publisher: Head of Zeus ISBN: 978-1789545845 Pages: 480 Availability and latest price on Amazon:

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