num_pages: 256
description: In this first book of a new historical fiction series, a crack Roman legion invades Britain in this brazen tale of military adventure, political intrigue and heroismIt is the year 42 AD, and Centurion Macro, battle-scarred and fearless, is in the heart of Germany with the Second Legion, the toughest in the Roman army. Cato, a new recruit and the newly appointed second-in-command to Macro, will have more to prove than most. In a bloody skirmish with local tribes, Cato gets his first chance to prove that he's more than a callow, privileged youth. As their next campaign takes them to a land of unparalleled barbarity - Britain - a special mission unfolds, thrusting Cato and Macro headlong into a conspiracy that threatens to topple the Emperor himself.Filled with the kind of historical details that brings the adventure to life, Simon Scarrow's Under the Eagle is destined to become a military fiction classic.
language: English
title: Under the Eagle
titlecomplete: Under the Eagle (Eagle, #1)
genres: Adventure, Historical, Roman, Fantasy, Ancient History, Novels, War, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Military Fiction
ratings_count: 13747
places: Britannia, The Rhine Frontier, Kent, England
series: Eagle
publisher: St. Martin's Griffin