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|author=Ian Ross
|title=Battle For Rome (Twilight of Empire)
|rating=5
|genre=Historical Fiction
|summary=''Be warned - spoilers ahead for the first two books…''
Aurelius Castus, tribune in Emperor Constantine's army is preparing for the battle everyone (including us) has been waiting for: the fight against Maxentius, Tyrant of Rome. Meanwhile Castus' marriage to the aristocratic Sabina has borne him a beloved son but coldness lurks between man and wife where there was hot passion. Castus' suspicions are further fed by his wife's name being on the lips of a dying officer; truth or pre-death ramblings? Meanwhile Sabina has bought a new slave and Castus swears he's seen her somewhere before…
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784081205</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author= Tamsin Cooke
|summary=One of the most common subjects at primary school, getting on for three generations since it happened, is of course World War Two. It has the impact that sixty million dead people deserve – but only if it's taught correctly. One of the ways to present it is this book, which comes from a slightly surprising place – an Indian publisher completely new to me – but succeeds in being remarkably competent, complete and really quite readable.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>9381182140</amazonuk>
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