AD 468, when this story begins, was a critical year for the Western half of the Roman Empire; nothing less than its survival or extinction hung in the balance.

AD 468, when this story begins, was a critical year for the Western half of the Roman Empire; nothing less than its survival or extinction hung in the balance. twenty fat kine? To great Kaiseric, who is a river to his people, such a price is nothing. As it says in our Holy Book, The labourer is worthy of his hire. ‘You drive a hard bargain, Engedda,’ growled the king, secretly amused by the little man’s effrontery.

Ross Laidlaw is a Scottish writer of historical, thriller and spy fiction. Laidlaw was born in Aberdeen and now lives in East Lothian. He attended the University of Cambridge and has spent time working and traveling in southern Africa. In 1979, while working as a geography and history teacher at Belhaven Hill School near Dunbar, Laidlaw's first book was released, The Lion is Rampant, receiving significant praise.

Ross Laidlaw trength for her own, and our hono.

Ross Laidlaw trength for her own, and our honour for her citizens. With the other standing senators, dignified in their archaic togas, Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus chanted the words of the oath – old, old words which had echoed here down the long centuries of the republic, then the empire, and now, even when the empire was no more, in these strange new days of the Regnum Italiae under German.

Ross Laidlaw was born in Aberdeen and educated at Cambridge University. He has worked and travelled extensively in Southern Africa and currently lives in East Lothian.

Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android. Ross Laidlaw was born in Aberdeen and educated at Cambridge University. Read on the Scribd mobile app. Download the free Scribd mobile app to read anytime, anywhere. Publisher: PolygonReleased: Aug 12, 2011ISBN: 9780857900722Format: book. carousel previous carousel next. Attila: The Scourge of God. Ross Laidlaw. Justinian: The Sleepless One. How had this ‘moment of truth’ come about? The beginning of the fifth century had witnessed successive waves of barbarians - Visigoths, Vandals, Suevi et al. - break through the West’s frontiers and rampage through Gaul and Spain, with Britain being abandoned in the chaos. But cometh the hour, cometh the man.

the incursion into the empire of the strangest and most frightening of the barbarian invaders – and he tells it with great verve and vigour

the incursion into the empire of the strangest and most frightening of the barbarian invaders – and he tells it with great verve and vigour. His prose has a pace, he has a keen eye for the significant detail, and manages the big scenes confidently' – Allan Massie, The Scotsman. The free online library containing 450000+ books. Read books for free from anywhere and from any device. Listen to books in audio format instead of reading. Laidlaw was born in Aberdeen and now lives in East Lothian

Ross Laidlaw is a Scottish writer of historical, thriller and spy fiction. In 1979, while working as a geography and history teacher at Belhaven Hill School near Dunbar, Laidlaw's first book was released, The Lion is Rampant, receiving sign Ross Laidlaw is a Scottish writer of historical, thriller and spy fiction.