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The Fort
- City of Victory, Book 1
- Narrated by: Stephen Perring
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
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Summary
From best-selling historian Adrian Goldsworthy, a profoundly authentic, action-packed adventure set on Rome's Danubian frontier.
AD 105: Dacia
The Dacian kingdom and Rome are at peace, but no one thinks that it will last. Sent to command an isolated fort beyond the Danube, centurion Flavius Ferox can sense that war is coming but also knows that enemies may be closer to home.
Many of the Brigantes under his command are former rebels and convicts, as likely to kill him as obey an order. And then there is Hadrian, the emperor's cousin, and a man with plans of his own.
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- 10-10-22
Cracking story with some odd pronunciation
Goldsworthy applies his knowledge of the Roman Army and Empire to good effect with his ensemble cast and main protagonist, Ferox. The multiple narratives hold the attention as does the main military action. However, since the last novel, the character Enica has acquired an Irish accent from somewhere and the mispronunciation of words is more noticeable, not just Latin ones. Thus Princeps is spoken in the Audible recording with a soft ‘c’ and Longinus with a soft ‘g’ when both should be hard. The ‘a’ in legatus is short when it should be pronounced ‘legahtus’. Decebelus should have the emphasis on the first two syllables. The English ‘cuirass’ should have the emphasis on the second syllable, and ‘routed’ should have been pronounced ‘rowted’ not ‘rooted’.
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- Old hand
- 15-01-23
Blood and gore
Slow and complicated at first but develops to a gripping tale, it also highlights the fact that nothing really changes in war and politics.
The narration is top notch
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- joanthon wright
- 02-02-22
Didn't love it
Bought this book after hearing the authors interview on the podcast " emperors of rome " as he came across very Interesting so was excited to hear what he had wrote. After listening to it i must agree with one if the other reviews that was given. i found the book quite hard to follow in places, not sure if it's the way its wrote or the way the narrator is reading as I felt like he was in an a rush to finish. The book has an extremely strong finish but the first 8hrs felt like hard work as opposed to an enjoyable listen.
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- C. D. Hough
- 15-01-23
Well informed but not compelling
Adrian Goldworthy is extremely knowledgable about the Roman army and it shows, however the story is pretty formulaic and dull.
The atory reads as if you tuned into one episode of a series that has been going on too long. There is a lot of hinted backstory and the resolution seems to be the introducrion to something more.
Overall it isn't a bad way to spend your commute, but it is pretty forgettable.
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- Mike
- 17-06-21
Gripping story, and a world rich in historical detail.
This is another great book from Mr Goldsworthy that’s rich in historical detail and brilliantly read by Stephen Perring.
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- Robin
- 23-05-22
Audible disappoints once again
Loved the story. Loved the Narrator.
However, I am sick of Audible using different Narrators for for continuations of a series. I respect this technically is separate from Adrian's previous trilogy but it's the same characters.
This is an on going issue with many series and sadly using a different narrator completely changes the characters. VERY ANNOYING
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- Ian Scott
- 19-12-21
Great storytelling
Excellent plot line and narration superb. will continue with this authour's work and look forward to the next rendition
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- Diogo M. Liberal
- 17-11-21
Good entertainement and change of narrator
Good book and change of set, instead of Britannia is Dalmatia with interesting historical background. Lively action and more importantly a speedier narrator. The previous narrator from books 1 to 3 was good but slower reader and the change is most welcome.
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- Vienna Girl2
- 30-03-24
The dreadful narration
The narrators constant mispronounciation really ruined this book for me, as well as his lack of emphasis on certain phrases. What a shame as I've enjoyed the others.
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- Grant
- 09-02-23
Another gripping book
From the start with vindalanda till now all these books have been some f my favourite listens.
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