THE SWORD AND THE THRONE
Book ID/图书代码： 12751013B62646
English Summary/英文概要： AD 69. Aulus Caecina Severus has thrown in his lot with the hedonistic Vitellius and prepares his legions for a gruelling march over the Alps.
Driven by the desire to repay the treachery of his former patron, the Emperor Galba, and to keep his rival Valens in check, Severus leads his army against barbarian rebellions and against the mountains themselves in his race to reach Italy first. With the vast Po valley almost in sight, news reaches the army that Galba has been killed in a coup, and that Otho has been declared Emperor by the Praetorians who he had bribed to murder their own emperor.
But there is no turning back for Severus, even if he wanted to. The Rhine legions want their man on the throne, and they won’t stop until they reach Rome itself. Even once Otho is defeated, the battle for supremacy between Severus and Valens is far from over. The politics of the court and the mob is the new battleground, and Severus needs the help of his wife Salonina and his freedman Totavalas in this constant game of thrones. When stories spread of a new power in the east, Severus has to decide where his real loyalty lies: to his Emperor, to his city or to himself?
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 公元69年Aulus Caecina Severus已经投入很多维特里乌斯的享乐主义并且准备筹集他的军团行军跨越阿尔卑斯山。在报复背叛他的前拥护者,加尔巴皇帝的愿望的驱动下,为了使得他的对手瓦伦斯在控制范围内,西弗勒斯带领他的军队对抗蛮族叛乱和山地，为了确保他们在竞争中第一个到达意大利。广阔的波河山谷呈现在眼前时,加尔巴已经死于一场政变的新闻传到了军营,奥索已被受贿杀死自己国王的古罗马执政官宣布为皇帝。
西弗勒斯没有回旋之地,即使他想这么做。莱茵河罗马军团希望他们的人坐在宝座上,他们不会停止,直到他们到达罗马。即使奥索被击败,西弗勒斯和瓦伦斯的霸主争夺战远未结束。政治法院和暴民是新的战场,西弗勒斯需要他的妻子Salonina和他的自由民Totavalas在这场持续的权力游戏中提供帮助。当东方出现一种新势力时,西弗勒斯不得不下定决心他真正的忠诚在哪里:他的皇帝,是他的城市或他自己?(LNL)
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About the Author/作者介绍： HENRY VENMORE-ROWLAND在萨福克郡农村出生和长大。除了偶尔的家庭节日,经常到意大利,他唯一逃避学校的去处,乡村生活呈现在历史小说中。他对军事和政治历史,国王和战斗方式的痴迷,不知怎么他进入牛津圣约翰大学读古代与现代历史。在奉献这么多时间来阅读宏大史诗战争的故事和政治阴谋,尝试着创作这样一个故事是不可避免的。《最后的凯撒》是他的第一部小说。他住在萨福克郡。HENRY VENMORE-ROWLAND was born and bred in rural Suffolk. Aside from the occasional family holiday, often to Italy, his only escape from school and village life was in the pages of historical fiction. His fascination with military and political history, the kings and battles approach, somehow got him into Oxford to read Ancient & Modern History at St. John’s College. After dedicating so much time to reading grand tales of epic wars and political intrigue, he was inspired to write his first novel, the acclaimed The Last Caesar. He lives in London.
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