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Sophia McDougall
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ISBN | 978-07528770 | ||
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Vicky
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Synopsis
In 2756 AC (2003 AD in Christian terms), magnetic railways span Roman territory from Persia to Terranova, and mechanised crucifixes are ranked along the banks of the Thames. As volume one of ROMANITAS opens, Marcus Novius Faustus Leo, heir apparent to the Imperial throne, is mourning the death of his parents following a tragic accident. However, as information about the last days of his father's life becomes known to him, Marcus realises that his father's death was no accident and that his own life is in danger. Meanwhile, an escaped slave girl called Una, who possesses the power to look inside others' minds, struggles to save her brother, Sulien, from a London prison ship. In a fortune teller's stall in a Gallic flea-market, Marcus, Una and Sulien's paths cross, and the fate of the Empire rests on their shoulders...
Sophia McDougall in 2007 by Victoria Warren
Review
Romanitas is a huge sprawling saga that feels as if it is the future and the past all at the same time, with the story set around the main characters brother and sister duo Una and Sulien. I found the book very easy to read with Sophia's very descriptive writing, but would I want to live in a modern day Rome - I think not , but it did make me want to look more into that period of time and find out about the why's and wherefore's of the fall of the Roman Empire. You can listen to Sophia in Spoken Interviews .
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