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Fields of Britannia: The Darkness Before the Dawn
Fields of Britannia: The Darkness Before the Dawn | Daniel Duckworth
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It's the year 367 AD, and the Roman military presence in quiet Brittania has dwindled to a mere few thousand legionaries made up of green recruits and tired veterans, with the mightiest of the legions having been pulled out of the province to fight in the gigantic power struggles for the Imperial throne, as Emperors rise and fall with astonishing speed. Not unnoticed by the barbarian tribes beyond Hadrian's wall and across the Irish sea, or by the fast-growing Saxon presence beyond the Rhine, the enemies of Rome begin to make plans to bring fire and blood to Britannia, and remove the Roman presence from the island for good... In a story that will take you across England from the coast of Dover to the very edge of the Roman Empire, our heroes will be beset by enemies on all sides and have to fight against despair, overwhelming odds and their own prejudices in order to pull together and survive the onslaught.
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The Fields of Britannia : The Darkness Before the Dawn | Daniel Duckworth
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Oh, yeah, a gratuitous #BookmarkMatching photo 📖🔖

Wrong legion for the story, but I do what I can! 😀

TrishB Good match 😁 21h
LeahBergen I love a good bookmark matching photo! 😆 14h
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The Fields of Britannia : The Darkness Before the Dawn | Daniel Duckworth
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This was a great historical novel set in the 367CE Roman province of Britannia, a period about which we know enough to provide interesting background, while also vague enough to give an author lots of latitude to play around & I thought Duckworth did justice to the material.
The story follows Alberic, an exiled Saxon prince, and Dominicus, an embittered young legionary, as their paths in the conflict raging across the island gradually converge, ⬇️

Bookwomble ... developing into a tense friendship forged on the battlefield.
There's plot, but also interesting character development, and the personalities are distinct and well-drawn. A romance theme is woven in, which compliments the military element rather than being a distraction from it.
As this period is the historical precursor of the Arthurian legends and the Matter of Britain, I wondered if any hints of those stories might have been worked in, ⬇️ 21h
Bookwomble ... which I didn't detect, but looking out for them added to my nerdish enjoyment!
This would make a great mini-series if adapted to TV, as it has action, interesting character motivations and a fascinating setting.
A sequel is indicated, and I'll definitely look out for that. 21h
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The Fields of Britannia : The Darkness Before the Dawn | Daniel Duckworth
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"The last embers of the fiery sunset danced across the surface of the Solway Firth, with the tips of its fingers illuminating the great stone fort at its edge."

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

Bookwomble I received this book via a Library Thing #EarlyReviewers giveaway. As the title indicates, it's set in Roman Britain, specifically at the Western end of Hadrian's Wall in 367CE, the year of the Great Conspiracy, when the Picts, Scots & Saxons conspired with disaffected Romans to overrun the island.
I'm only a dozen pages in, but so far the writing is decent, and for a self-published, print on demand book, only two typos so far is encouraging! 🧐 1w
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