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- Hodder & Stoughton
Fiction, Historical fiction
The stirring Roman novel from the author of Sejanus and The Lydian Baker
Britain AD59: The scars of Roman conquest are still livid, the clash of two disparate cultures a source of bitterness and conflict. The Roman ruling class believe it is their duty to civilise the natives; the British tribes chafe under the conquerors' yoke.
Marcus Julius Severinus, a young cavalryman in the Roman army, respects the Britons among whom he has been brought up. Newly promoted to Commander of the 'Foxes', he believes there is more to be gained by co-operation than by brute force.
Governor Paullinus does not agree. When he attempts to cheat Boudica, queen of the Iceni, of her rightful inheritance, he underestimates the wave of rebellious fury that engulfs Roman and Briton alike. Even though the final battle is won, Marcus and his family have to pay a terrible price. Yet from the tragedy stems hope. Marcus's marriage to the daughter of a British chieftain symbolises a new era in which the two races forge a common destiny.
Praise for The Horse Coin
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David Wishart has proved himself a writer of no mean literary accomplishments . . . Working on the principle that a freshening of the brew is frequently in order, is a striking change of pace, buoyantly written and plotted. - Times Saturday Crime Supplement
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Wishart is a fine scholar and perfectly at home in the period - Sunday Times on SEJANUS
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David Wishart wields an entertaining stylus - Scotland on Sunday on SEJANUS
David Wishart
David Wishart studied Classics at Edinburgh University. He then taught Latin and Greek in school for four years and after this retrained as a teacher of EFL. He lived and worked abroad for eleven years, working in Kuwait, Greece and Saudi Arabia, and now lives with his wife and family in Scotland.
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