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Simon Scarrow
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  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Headline; paperback / softback edition (2007)
  • ISBN-10: 0747266301
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747266303
  • ASIN: B001TAYIWG
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (62 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,643,449 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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44 of 46 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Hardcover
If you thought Under The Eagle was a good read, you're in for a real treat. The Eagles Conquest follows directly on from the first book without breaking stride. Macro, Cato, the rest of the sixth century, second legion and their commander Vespasian are hurled into battles and confrontations both with the sword and with political intrigue. The Britons proove formidable opponents to the might of Rome while the eminently hissable villain Vitellius plots and schemes towards his own ambitious ends. Along the way is murder, deception and even an attempt on the life of the Emperor himself. The book carries off the gritty feel of Roman military life with great aplomb, the established characters are human enough to almost be real, and the story flows effortlessly on both the action and political levels. When most follow up books are mere shadows of the original, this one outshines it's predecessor. It's an exciting page turner that I could not put down until the very last page.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Battles, conspiracy and then some 14 April 2006
Format:Paperback
The second in the series follows the legions of Claudius from their beachhead near Rutupiae to the battles on the Medway, Thames and before Camulodunum (Colchester). It moves at a great pace making use of several plot threads to keep tension high. As before, the main characters, Cato and Centurion Macro, unify all the threads from the terror and exultation of battle through the politics of military strategy to the machinations of conspiracy.

Scarrow does battles extremely well, if always at the service of plot. Confusion never lasts long; the reader always knows what part the detail plays in the whole picture. The fight is not clean, but it is clear, and Scarrow is able to draw out the action so that every battle has its own arc and could be extracted and read for itself.

Cato is seen to grow in this book. The action in the first was dominated by his need to prove himself; here, though his part is often heroic, he must also come to terms with helplessness and the aftermath of slaughter. His infatuation with the slavegirl, Lavinia, continues and plays a part in the machinations of Vitellius to assassinate the Emperor. Cato is decisive at the denouement of this conspiracy, but Scarrow does not allow him to take the hero's palm - a sign that the book is a little more than a boys' own adventure.

There is, as well, another point of view for Cato to understand and absorb: that of the conquered. Nisus is a surgeon and from North Africa, not only Carthaginian but a direct descendent of Hannibal! He voices the opinion that some might not be grateful for the benefits of Roman civilisation, that they might have been happier as they were. We're not told what Cato makes of this, and Nisus is soon involved in grand conspiracy. It is not clear if the seditious sentiments he uttered were merely a ploy by the author to justify the character's eventual treachery, or if they portend an important theme for the other books. I was a little surprised by the inclusion of these thoughts; they interrupted the flow of the narrative in what might have been an interesting way.

The prose does not hold you up. Nouns have immediate call on their tabloid adjective: "crush the enemy in an iron vice; deadly efficiency; an icy dread; bleak despair; the ruthless efficiency of vigorous training; the grim reality of their predicament". At times he feels the need to make use of every note taken during research - as a boat moors, who throws every rope to whom for it to be tied to every mooring post. However, these are small faults in a fast-moving narrative set in an exotic Britain.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Writer 11 Jun 2011
By Parm TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Hardcover
This was even better than Simon Scarrow's first book - and that's some achievement!
This time around Cato and Macro are ranged against the Britons, desperately defending their homeland in a series of pitched battles. The battle scenes are something else and carry the reader right into the heart of the bloody conflict so that somehow the author manages to make you see, hear, smell and feel the terrified combatants.

The characters are wonderful creations and smack of real living and breathing people complete with all their faults. Heroes try hard to be heroic, and sometimes fail. Villains seem to know no limit to their evil plotting. If ever there was a novel crying out to be filmed or made into a TV series then this is it.

if thes series keeps improving like this we will see Simon on the best seller lists in no time.
(Parm)
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4.0 out of 5 stars All of these are great reads
Like the first book this one is great. You really get a feel for ancient Britain. These books are quite predictable but that doesn't take away from the pure fun of them.
Published 18 days ago by M. Johnson
4.0 out of 5 stars What I expect and like
Once again we have our heroes in a form we can understand and empathise with. The evolving Cato and the hidebound Macro are a great pair.
Published 19 days ago by dobie
5.0 out of 5 stars Great novel!
Another great novel in a great series!

Again I complement Simon Scarrow on the manner in which he describes the combat taking place and the admirable manner in which he... Read more
Published 27 days ago by Bertie Reinhardt Siebert
5.0 out of 5 stars roland021
I order lots of books and I can only thank Amazon for coming up with the kindle version of live books, fortunately I have read this book yet it is the same quality of work as... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Rol021
5.0 out of 5 stars A cracking read
This is another really good adventure, focussing on the invasion of Britain, though perhaps it does lack a little of the freshness of the first. Read more
Published 2 months ago by William Axtell
5.0 out of 5 stars FANTASTIC BOOK
FANTASTIC BOOK good authour and story, I am not a critic. what do you want an essay.i have got 55 of these to write and dont have time for all this.
Published 2 months ago by Heide Grant
5.0 out of 5 stars graham
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have read all cato and marco books. i don't have a favorite they were all great. i hope there will be more simon scarrow is a great auther and i can't wait to start my next... Read more
Published 2 months ago by graham
4.0 out of 5 stars Eagles conquest.
A spirited tale that continues Cato and macro' s adventures as the legions invade Britain. Full of intrigue as well as thoughtful battle scenes and historical observations. Read more
Published 2 months ago by p f carvosso
3.0 out of 5 stars Historically interesting but a weaker story than other adventures.
Very interesting from a historic viewpoint but sadly lacking in the gripping story lines that some of the other Macro and Cato adventures have entertained us with.
Published 3 months ago by Mh
5.0 out of 5 stars Interest
Very good read. Having read all but the last of this series I will look at other Scarrow novels in the future
Published 4 months ago by rosalieprince
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