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  • Praetorian

  • Eagles of the Empire, Book 11
  • By: Simon Scarrow
  • Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
  • Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (101 ratings)

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Praetorian

By: Simon Scarrow
Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
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Publisher's Summary

If you don't know Simon Scarrow, you don't know Rome!

Praetorian is the gripping eleventh novel in Simon Scarrow's best-selling Eagles of the Empire series. Essential reading for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden.

AD 51. Legionaries Cato and Macro have forged a bond that has survived war, rebellion and torture. Yet nothing has prepared them for a daunting mission on the deadliest battlefield of all: the bloody streets of Rome.

Traitors are threatening to plunge the Empire into bloody chaos and no one can be trusted. The Emperor has ordered Cato and Macro to go on a deadly mission, working undercover to root out the traitors before Rome tears itself apart.

As the true scale of the corruption dawns, they realise they are facing terrifying odds. Two men against many, in a desperate race to save not only the Empire, but each other....

©2011 Simon Scarrow (P)2011 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

Critic Reviews

"I don't need this kind of competition." (Bernard Cornwell)
"A good, uncomplicated, rip-roaring read." ( Mail on Sunday)
"A new book in Simon Scarrow's series about the Roman army is always a joy." ( The Times)

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Still loving it

Brilliant story, well narrated. The story for Cato and Macro continues as action packed as ever. I enjoy the mystery/investigation angle to this book as well as it being back in Rome

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Please go back to the previous orator

The orator gave no difference in the character's voices. it was so confusing trying to work out who was talking. most of the time the intonation given made the character sound like fools. The story itself as usual was fantastic

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Another winner

Love the story and it is narrated well. Powering through this series and I cannot stop!

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Great story, wrong narrator

Not sure what the reasoning was behind the constant changing of narrators but this one was a bit too comical and cartoonish for me after Jonathan Keeble.
Story is great.

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Another great read!

Simon Scarrow hasn't disappointed with Praetorian, it is so well written and I am just mad about Gareth Armstrong's narration. He does the change up of voices so well.
Thoroughly recommended.

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good yarn. .😊

as i have read all Simon Scarrow books the stories are great but i thoughg narrator was a little flat would improve if it was read as a play..☺

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Another outstanding book.

Once again a great book in the Eagle Series. I am absolutely hooked to these books.

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Great story

Great story, narrator was very flat and disconnected, also needed to work on not having such a wet mouth. Very off putting and hard to immerse into the story

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