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Wolves of Rome, Valerio Massimo Manfredi ; translated from the Italian by Christine Feddersen-Manfredi

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Wolves of Rome, Valerio Massimo Manfredi ; translated from the Italian by Christine Feddersen-Manfredi

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eng

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Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Wolves of Rome

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Valerio Massimo Manfredi ; translated from the Italian by Christine Feddersen-Manfredi

Summary

From the international bestseller Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Wolves of Rome is a historical thriller about two brothers and the betrayal that led to the battle of Teutoburg, which devastated the Roman Empire. BOUND BY BLOOD. DIVIDED BY AN EMPIRE. Two wild Germanic brothers, Armin and Wulf, are held hostage in Rome to keep their father from rebelling against the Roman Empire. There they are moulded into ideal Roman soldiers; brave, disciplined, ruthless. Then a conspiracy arises that threatens the Emperor and they alone must decide whether he lives or dies ... As young men the brothers are separated and they serve in the Roman military at opposite ends of the Empire. Armin begins to realise he cannot escape his origins and works to unite the tribes of Germania under one banner. Only his brother and the might of the Roman Empire stand between him and his dream of freedom for the Germanic people ..

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