ROME: THE COMING OF THE KING
Book ID/图书代码： 06815012B56081
English Summary/英文概要： AD 65. Sebastos Pantera, spy to the Emperor Nero, has undertaken the most dangerous of missions. Hunting often alone, with few he can trust, he must find the most dangerous man in Rome’s empire, and bring him to bloody justice.
Against him is Saulos. Consumed by private enmities and false beliefs, Saulos is pledged to bring about the destruction of an entire Roman province. Brilliantly clever, utterly ruthless, he cares only for his vision of total victory - and not the death and devastation such a campaign would bring.
Between them is the huntress Iksahra. Beautiful and deadly, feared by men, loved by the beasts she cares for, she must decide who to support if she is to avenge her father’s death.
Fought inside the palace of a royal city and within the rocky fastness of a desert fortress, this will be a conflict between two men who have everything to gain - and a kingdom to lose ...
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 西元65年，羅馬皇帝尼祿的間諜Sebastos Pantera,肩負著一項最為危險的使命。雖然他經常獨自一人執行任務，孤立無援，但他必須找到羅馬帝國最為危險的敵人，並把他繩之以法。
他的對手Saulos，充滿了對羅馬帝國的敵意和錯誤的觀念，Saulos發誓要摧毀羅馬整個省份。聰明而冷酷的他，唯一關心的就是全面的勝利願望 — 而不是這場戰役所帶來的死亡和毀滅。
在他們中間是一位，男人們所恐懼的美麗而又致命的女獵手Iksahra，她所在意野獸Saulos也迷戀著她，她必須決定支持誰來替自己已死去的父親報仇。
在皇城的宮殿和在固若金湯的沙漠要塞裡戰鬥，這將會是兩個男人之間贏得一切 — 或是一個王國將失去一切的一場決鬥… (Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：尼祿•克勞狄烏斯•德魯蘇斯•日爾曼尼庫斯（Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus，37年12月15日－68年6月9日），古羅馬帝國皇帝，54年登基，是羅馬最神秘的皇帝之一，關於他的傳聞很多，他早期的統治是很仁慈的，羅馬甚至相當於鼎盛時期。但59年起他變得殘暴，亂殺平民，有傳言說64年的羅馬大火是他操縱的，市內十四個行政區只有四個沒被波及，大火連燒了七天，數千人喪生。火災以後他曾用猛獸咬死許多被懷疑縱火的基督徒。尼祿愛好藝術表演，企圖以種種藝術文化表演取代傳統競技場的血腥大眾娛樂，他禁止了競技場的決鬥，引起了貴族、元老院及民眾的不滿。66 年8月 尼祿前往希臘做預期一年的出訪 67年上半年 尼祿接連參加了古希臘四大競技會—Corinth運動會、Nemea運動會、Argos運動會和Olympia運動會。尼祿從中一共贏得1808項桂冠。並將贏得的獎金納入當時空虛的國庫中。在十一月中，他宣佈了讓希臘獨立，可預期的稅收損失引起了元老院不滿。但尼祿之後的繼位者馬上收回這項成命。67年3月中，高盧跟西班牙總督的反叛消息陸續傳到羅馬。尼祿雖控有大部份軍權但誤信第二執政官謊言，以為幾乎所有省總督皆在揭竿而起，於是最後逃到鄉下。68年羅馬發生叛亂，他被元老推翻後自殺，遺體以羅馬皇帝身份厚葬。’Religious and political tensions, passion and intrigue, superb action sequences and real and imagined characters are seamlessly woven together to create a fascinating and exciting story on a truly epic scale.
’Religious and political tensions, passion and intrigue, superb action sequences and real and imagined characters are seamlessly woven together to create a fascinating and exciting story on a truly epic scale’
--GUARDIAN, March 2011
’Full of good fights and battles...Scott’s version is not only perfectly tenable in theory; it is grippingly sustained in her fiction’
--INDEPENDENT, 11 May 2011
’Brilliant detail, credible locations and characters, and a cracking plot mark this out as a definite success’
--Shropshire Star, 6 May 2011
About the Author/作者介绍： Manda Scott曾是位獸醫，在成為一位全職專業作家前任教于劍橋大學和都柏林。現在她是歷史作家協會的創始人和主席，她所撰寫的系列歷史小說已經被遴選為英國文字柳丁獎，提名愛倫•坡獎，並譯成二十種語言。除了《布狄卡/勇敢的皇后》系列暢銷書，她還是備受讚譽的以羅馬的皇帝的間諜，Pantera為故事背景的系列歷史小說的作者。想要瞭解她的詳細作品資訊，請訪問： www.mcscott.co.ukMC Scott qualified as a veterinary surgeon and taught at the University of Cambridge before turning a lifelong passion for the ancient world into a best-selling writing career.
As well as undertaking research in the University library for this series of novels, Scott is noted for the depth, accuracy and textured depictions of life in Roman times - and has spent weeks living in a roundhouse, has learned to make Roman swords and driven horses in harness the better to bring the detail to life. As Chair of the newly formed Historical Writers’ Association, Scott is active in the promotion of all forms of historical writing.
For more information on all aspects of the work, visit: www.mcscott.co.uk
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