ini masih menawarkan tema persahabatan seperti buku sebelumnya, Justin dan Flavius secara mengalami instan bonding saat bertemu di benteng laut Roma di Inggris, Kenyataan bahwa mereka masih bersaudara jauh adalah bonus persahabatan mereka, Saat Kaisar Roma di Inggris yang mereka hormati di gulingkan penasehatnya Allectus yang sewenangwenang, dua pemuda ini berusaha untuk menyelamatkan rakyat dengan cara yang paling sederhana yang mereka pahami, Seperti buku pertama, buku ini berpotensi epik, Masalahnya buku ini lagilagi menghabiskan hampir/buku untuk menceritakan tentang tahap persiapan mereka untuk bergabung dengan Kaisar Constantius untuk melucuti Allectus,
Proses mengumpulkan pasukan "compang camping" dan penemuan kembali Elang keyang di sembunyikan di bukupenuh kejutan, Aku menyukai tiap pribadi unik yang bergabung dalam legiun Flavius dan Justin, Elang compang camping yang hilang untuk perlambang perjuangan terakhir penuh harga diri para lelaki yang mengalami kehancuran, tersisih dan buronan,
Perang akhir oleh pasukan yang tak dipandang sebelah mata ini epik dan juga mengharukan, Tidak ada twist yang menegejutkan atau konflik yang lebih besar daripada yang sudah digambarkan di awal, Ending bahagianya juga biasabiasa saja seperti buku pertama, Buku HF ini ringan
dan bisa di baca oleh pemula tanpa harus bersusah payah mengingat tiap detail kesesuaian timeline sejarahnya,
Reread: Looking at my previous review of this book is kind of ironic, I missed a lot of the subtleties because I rushed through it, while this time I missed a lot of the subtleties, because it took me a week longer to read it this time around, The Great Coronavirus Reading Slump ofstrikes again! I did make it through this, but it was in short spurts because I just could not focus, Not the fault of the book, Maybe the THIRD time I read this, I'll be in the right headspace to enjoy it properly,
: Another well written installment in thus series, I'll admit that quite a bit if the subtle action bits were lost on me because I kind of rushed through this one a little because I was eager to begin rereading The Thief by MWT.
However, it's obviously a classic worth a reread and I suspect I'll enjoy it more the second time around, Up until very recently I was unaware that Eagle of the Ninth, one of my alltime favorite Sutcliff books had a sequel, This is not the first time something like this has happened to me, and it's very demoralizing, Anyway, I made haste and got out The Silver Branch to read immediately, And then it sat in my To Be Read pile for ages until I made myself read it because I had to return it, Well, made myself read it isn't quite the right phrase, because I enjoyed every minute of it except when a certain character died, which was very traumatictwo certain characters, I suppose.
I've read enough Sutcliffs by now that I can pick up the thread, Rutupiae light, for example, is only briefly mentioned in this book, but anyone who's read The Lantern Bearers LOVE, LOVE, LOVE will know how important it is there, Similarly, there's the familiar old flawed stone with the dolphin carved in it, This book is a bit different from most of Sutcliff's though, in that it arguably has two main characters,
Justin Tiberius Lucius Justinianus has just been posted to Roman Britain as a surgeon to the Eagles who are supporting Carausius, the selfstyled Emperor of Britain, He's excited because his family was originally from Britain, On his first day there he falls in with a young centurion about his age who turns out to be a cousin of his Flauvius, And, as it further turns out, they are both descendants of Marcus Flavius Aquila, of Eagle of the Ninth fame YAY!,
This being a Sutcliff novel, naturally they run into quite a bit of trouble, While I like Flauvius, Justin became the real hero of the novel for me, I think that's what Sutcliff intended most of it is told primarily from his point of view, and it worked,
This is highly recommended for almost all ages her prose is occasionally difficult, No bad content, except for a bit of violence,
Quotes:
"And above him towered the ramparts of Rutupiae: a grey prow of ramparts raw with newness, from the midst of which sprang the beaconcrested tower of the Light.
" Okay, so I wrote that down solely for the Lantern Bearers reference, I love that book. I can't help it.
"Justin was a friendly soul himself, but he was always gratefully surprised at any sign of friendliness from other people, and with his gratitude, his liking went out, hesitant but warm, to the redheaded centurion Flauvius.
"
"Here we are on the run, with the hunt up behind us and the world falling into shards around our ears and you bring your instrumentcase away with you.
"
"The young Centurion, who had been completely still throughout, said very softly, as though to himself, 'Greater love hath no man' and Justin thought it sounded as though he were quoting someone else.
" I cannot quite tell if this ties with "The Eagle of the Ninth" or comes in as a close second, but either way, it is a wonderful story, As with "The Eagle of the Ninth," Sutcliff has an amazing knack for showing emotion in the little things of the story, and for sweeping the reader off to yesteryear.
Justin and Flavius are spectacular, and the smattering of lesser characters are each unique Evicatos of the Spear, Aunt Honoria, Centurian Anthonius, Cullen the Fool, Paulinus, and, larger than life, Carausius.
Woobies get banished to the Wall, end up saving Britain from the nasty tribeses on the Border, Gladiators die! Mysterious exiled Scots spy! Everything is PERFECT!,/Estrellas
Últimamente busco novelas históricas ambientadas en la antigua Roma, pero en épocas y escenarios no demasiado trillados, Este es el caso de este libro ambientado en la provincia de Britania, hacia el añod, c.
La obra se encuadra en una serie de novelas escritas por esta autora, ya fallecida, en que distintos miembros de la familia Aquila, se ven implicados en eventos relevantes de la historia de la isla, siempre haciendo honor la tradición militar de la familia.
La primera entrega está relacionada con la búsqueda de la Novena Legión Hispana, desaparecida en las brumas al norte del muro hacia eldc aunque eso está ahora en entredicho, por parte de Marco Aquila, antepasado del protagonista de la actual entrega, Marcelo Flavio Aquila.
Este libro fue llevado al cine con el título de La Legión del Águila, mediocre film con Channing Tatum haciendo de Aquila, pero siempre entrañable a los que nos gusta todo lo romano.
Esta es laª entrega de la serie y, en ella, el mundo romano está al mando de laª Tetrarquía, con Diocleciano y Maximiano como emperadores intentando poner orden en el maltrecho Imperio tras la profunda crisis del siglo III.
Sin embargo poner orden es harto difícil, enel comandante de la Classis Britannica en el mar del Norte, Carausio, competente y brillante, pero de oscuro origen, es acusado de corrupción por Maximiano, se rebela y se proclama Emperador de Britannia y parte del norte de la Galia.
Carausio se mantiene en el poderaños, más o menos tolerado por los dos emperadores, ya que es competente, y defiende y fortifica la isla de forma eficaz buscad fotos de Portus Adurnis, un fuerte estupendamente conservado en la costa sur de Inglaterra, contra el ataque de los piratas sajones que ya tienen en el punto de mira este territorio, casi un siglo y medio antes de su desembarco definitivo.
En, Alecto, su ministro de finanzas, asesina a Carausio y se proclama a su vez Emperador, . . lo cual colma el vaso del Imperio que pone en marcha su maquinaria militar al mando del César Constancio padre de Constantino, para desalojar al usurpador como si Carausio no lo fuera.
Y aquí, más o menos, empieza la historia del libro, con la salvedad que todo esto me lo he currado yo, porque en el libro casi no se menciona nada de la situación en el Imperio y muy poco en la isla.
Falla la ambientación de forma estrepitosa, fallan los personajes, falla la trama, simple y tediosa por momentos, falla la traducción de forma estrepitosa hay párrafos que ni se entienden y lo que podría haber sido una novela de aventuras estupenda estoy pensando en Uhtred, desemboca en una mediocridad absoluta.
Totalmente prescindible . . al menos me he repasado un pedacito de historia que no conocía, A great follow up to The Eagle of the Ninth! And I left no time gap in between finishing one and starting the other, Not that The Eagle leaves you hanging, The books are standalone action stories, but when you fall in love with an author, her plot and characters, you don't want to waste any time in finding out what happens next even if it is several generations later.
Cleanliness: the word "hll" is used twice, Contains some fight scenes and battle sequences a few are described in sentence length but not overly detailed, Some native men are mentioned as not being fully clothed, The Roman gods are referenced and prayed to a few times,
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Justin bertemu Flavius di Inggris dan mrk menyadari bhw mrk msh bersepupu jauh, Ketika mrk mengetahui bhw Alectus mencoba mengkhianati Kaisar Carausius kaisar buronan Romawi yg mengangkat dirinya sbg penguasa Inggris, mrk malah dimutasi ke daerah perbatasan,
Ternyata Alectus benarmelakukan makar thd Carausius, Sebagian pendukung Carausius menyeberang utk minta bantuan pada Kaisar Constantius, Justin dan Flavius batal menyeberang dan memilih mengkonsolidasikan di dalam negeri dgn menggalang kekuatan utk melawan Alectus,
Maka perang gerilya dan perekrutan dilakukan dgn tekun oleh dua saudara ini, hingga datangnya pasukan dari Romawi, perang besar tidak terelakkan lagi, Sang Elang lambang pasukan Romawi berhasil ditemukan lagi dan digunakam sbg simbol pembangkit semangat perang, Berhasilkah mereka memenangkan perang ini
Kesetiaan tetap menjadi pesan moral utama di buku ini, Kesetiaan terhadap Kaisar sbg penguasa utama ditonjolkan dgn baik, sampai rela mengorbankan nyawa demi negara, Saya suka scene perang di buku ini, terasa nyata kesan "dark" yg mengharubiru, kehilangan temanteman seperjuangan yg melawan terus hingga darah penghabisan, Sungguh epic.
Sayangnya alur cerita lebih dr separuh buku berlangsung datar dan monoton, Terlalu banyak deskripsi pemandangan alam yg bikin bosan, Untungnya adegan demi adegan memakai alur progresif sehingga tidak bikin puyeng kepala, Suasana Inggris yg saat itu masih dikuasai oleh Imperium Romawi cukup terasa, Lumayanlah utk belajar sejarah dikitdikit, I started reading this book because I was looking for books with healers in them, particularly male healers, Healers in books are usually women, and I wanted to see how it works with guys, Goodness knows there's plenty of male nurses and doctors out there, Anyway, a friend recommended this book to me, and oh my,
Justin is the shy, sweet introvert you just want to wrap up in a blanket, because you know he's going to be heroic and get beat down for it.
As a Junior Surgeon, he's kind of overshadowed by his charismatic cousin Flavius, who is a centurion, Both of them get thrown in with the little Emperor over and over until he wins their fealty, They try to tip him off that his second in command is an evil SOB, and he basically banishes them to the frontier, . . or is that what happened
After this, the book turns spy novel, with spies and informants and an underground resistance, and smuggling people to safety, ending in a heckin' climax straight out of a Hollywood flick.
The book ties in heavily with the Eagle of the Ninth, with both Justin and Flavius being Marcus's greatgrandchildren, And the writing is superb, Heck, I'm reading these just for the writing,
"Everyones attention was turned toward the Emperor, who was at that moment preparing to pour the second Libation to the gods, Everyone, that is, save Justin and Allectus, For some unknown reason, Justin had glanced again at Allectus and Allectus was watching the moth, The moth was circling wildly nearer and nearer to one of the lamps which stood directly before the Finance Minister, its blurred shadow flashing about the table as it swooped and spun in dizzy spirals about the bright and beckoning flame, closer and closer, until the wild, ecstatic dance ended in a burst of shadows, and the moth spun away on singed wings, to fall with a pitiful, maimed fluttering close beside Allectuss winecup.
And Allectus, smiling faintly, crushed out its life under one deliberate finger, That was all. Anybody would crush a singed mothit was the obvious, the only thing to do, But Justin had seen the pale mans face as he watched the dancing moth, waiting for it to dance too near, seen it in the unguarded instant as he stretched out the precise forefinger to kill.
" Magnificently, shiningly glorious. I thought this was fantastic the only reason it doesn't have five is because I'm judging it against The Eagle of the Ninth, which I just, . . like more for some reason, I adore the ties between this and The Eagle I imagine Marcus would've been proud to see the use his eagle was put to, Justin's relationship with his father felt very real to me, too, Neither of them are really in the wrong, they're just really awkward, Bless.
As ever, Sutcliff writes beautifully, and does a brilliant job of creating people with utterly different mindsets who somehow work together, The historical details are gorgeous too the Christian soldier testing out Justin and Flavius with the fish drawing stood out in particular, It's not heavy handed, it's not 'Oh, look at how much I know about this period!', it's just utterly, utterly immersive,
In most books with nighimpossible tasks to be achieved, you can be pretty sure the heroes will win through somehow, but with Sutcliff you can never be sure The Shining Company, for example.
People tend to fail, not because they're bad people, or because they did something stupid, but because the odds are ridiculously against them, But they still try, and that is my kind of hero, .