![]() ![]() Valeria, the senator's daughter, makes her way from Rome with an escort and marries Marcus, the awkward, shy, indecisive aristocratic commander he's more of a scholar than a warrior and much, much older than she. I best liked the presentation of the Celtic culture and culture clash between the Celts and the Romans: free and open versus regimented and inflexible. The latter is the author's explanation for the 'Barbarian Conspiracy.' The whole story consists of Draco's interviews with various players in the story, interspersed with his musings on what he is told, his speculations, and the actual plot. Inspector Draco from Rome is tasked to find out the circumstances of the disappearance of a Senator's daughter who has married the praefectus of the Petrianis cavalry fortress and also why a horde of barbarians have attacked Hadrian's Wall recently. ![]() To be honest, I didn't like rating this Roman book lower than most others I've rated but I felt there was enough justification. ![]() I love this historical period but this book fell way short of my expectations. ![]()
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