King of Kings : Warrior of Rome: Book 2

from janerawoof

Seamless continuation from volume 1. There were several main adventures; but this book gave us some character development of Ballista--his struggling to be accepted; his sometimes insecurity; his decency and integrity==his stating and actions showing he is "living by a code", something Calgacus h...

from Speesh

Number two in the trilogy (?) and a really enjoyable read. Sorry to have finished it, looking forward to ordering the third any time i have a birthday soon.He certainly knows his Roman-period onions, does Harry. He's clearly done the research that will add to the enjoyment for the reader, without...

from DavidBurrows

Started off really well. I then found it very pedestrian. I had no feel of ancient Rome as I read. I gave up on page 227, life is too short. I was very disappointed as I realy like books about Romans. I would not recommend this. Happy to be contradicted and I may try to finish it one day.

from DWWilkin

This book certainly looks like a bridge book and thus suffers from lack of theme and direction. It is just going through the motions to tell inconsequential material that could be glossed over in two chapters instead of an entire book. It deals with our Hero, Ballista and the last 4 years of the ...