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King of the Romans: A Novel of Late Antiquity [MultiFormat]
eBook by John Gorman
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eBook Category: Historical Fiction
eBook Description: King of the Romans is satisfying as a historical novel and a tale of adventure, but it succeeds on other levels as well. We are shown unspeakable cruelty and corruption. We also are treated to deep friendship, love and courage, as Syagrius and his companions battle their own personal demons along with more prosaic enemies. Gorman does not provide easy answers or pat happy endings. Instead, he celebrates the power of love and the resilience of the human spirit."--Ilene Sirocca for The RunningRiver Reader
eBook Publisher: Awe-Struck E-Books, Published: 1999
Fictionwise Release Date: April 2002
Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [596 KB], eReader (PDB) [219 KB], Palm Doc (PDB) [212 KB], Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [194 KB], Microsoft Reader (LIT) [302 KB] - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [218 KB], hiebook (KML) [464 KB], Sony Reader (LRF) [276 KB], iSilo (PDB) [172 KB], Mobipocket (PRC) [218 KB], Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [262 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [287 KB]
Words: 66961
Reading time: 191-267 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud DISABLED
All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
 
Prologue Syagrius is a historical character, as are Aegidius, Aetius, Alaric, Clovis, Euric, Ragnahild, Riothamus (whom some scholars believe to be the basis for King Arthur), Sidonius and many others. As the last Roman ruler in the West, Syagrius became known as "King of the Romans," governing a domain including much of what is today Northern France between the rivers Somme (Samar) and Loire (Liger), with its capital at Noviodunum, modern Soissons. He held out there until 486 A.D., ten years after the official dissolution of the Roman Empire in the West, when he was defeated and crushed by Clovis. The events and characters of Part Two are fictitious. The citizens of the Byzantine Empire did, however, refer to themselves as "Romans" long after the Eternal City had become a ruin.
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