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Original Title:	Rome's Lost Son
ISBN:	085789966X (ISBN13: 9780857899668)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Vespasian #6
Setting:	Rome(Italy) Armenia

Rome's Lost Son (Vespasian #6) Hardcover | Pages: 368 pages

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Title	:	Rome's Lost Son (Vespasian #6)
Author	:	Robert Fabbri
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 368 pages
Published	:	March 5th 2015 by Atlantic Books
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Roman. Fiction

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The sixth installment in Robert Fabbri's epic Vespasian series

Rome, AD 51: Vespasian brings Rome's greatest enemy before the Emperor. After eight years of resistance, the British warrior Caratacus has been caught. But even Vespasian's victory cannot remove the newly-made consul from Roman politics: Agrippina, Emperor Claudius's wife, pardons Caratacus. Claudius is a drunken fool and Narcissus and Pallas, his freedmen, are battling for control of his throne. Separately, they decide to send Vespasian East to Armenia to defend Rome's interests. But there is more at stake than protecting a client kingdom. Rumors abound that Agrippina is involved in a plot to destabilise the East. Vespasian must find a way to serve two masters—Narcissus is determined to ruin Agrippina, Pallas to save her. Meanwhile, the East is in turmoil. A new Jewish cult is flourishing and its adherents refuse to swear loyalty to the Emperor. In Armenia, Vespasian is captured. Immured in the oldest city on earth, how can he escape? And is a Rome ruled by a woman who despises Vespasian any safer than a prison cell?

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I don't see why these novels are so popular.I read this book a few months ago since this is a period in the imperial court I'm particularly interested in, and it caught my eye. This is the kind of historical fiction that pisses me off just a little bit. The writing style's average, not especially engaging, but then again you don't expect the writing to be the focus of historical fiction. But it's the degree of exaggeration and implausibility which gets on my nerves. The plotline of Vespasian

There are two things about novels dealing with Roman times at the height of the Empire. Did all the politicking that all the Roman writers I've read write about, actually go on? Or is it just a device that has become a given in Hist Fic circles? Or are we applying a 21st Century view on first century politics? Its politics, it goes on now, it must have been the same back then. My thoughts as well, would be that a book like this really could cross over to more modern genres, and appeal to those

What should an author do when he is faced with the fact that historical person he's writting about has a big gap in his life? Gap wer nothing of importance happened. Fabbri dealt with it by placing Vespasian in some made up events. Not made up in sense they didn't happen, it's just Vespasian wasn't there when they did.So how does Fabbri's attempt measure up? Decent. Not great, made up parts are a bit hard to swallow but interesting enough.And as usual book is divided in two parts, one dealing

I don't know how he does it, but Fabbri is a genius! After 6 books about the same person, it is clear he has a relatively fixed pattern in his books: 1/2 about Rome and its scheming and plotting, 1/2 is focused on action outside of Rome. After Moesia, Germania and Brittania, eyes are now turned to the east (Parthia). It starts to look like an "Around the world in 6 books" sort of thing, but it just never gets boring. Some plots and events are predictable, maybe, but there are more than enough

Brutal, gritty and fast paced. Robert Fabbri is right up there now with Douglas Jackson as the best authors covering his time period. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough.

This book marks a turning point. Vespasian has learned a lesson and taken it to heart. Imperial politics are a nasty winner-takes-all game that you either play for keeps or don't play at all. After years of toiling "for the good of the Empire" Vespasian has had enough. He will no longer be a pawn. He is in it to win it. I liked this book. It marked a real change from the prior books. Vespasian is a new man. For this point forward the well meaning Senator is no more. He begins plotting and