Title: Beric the Briton
Subtitle: A Story of the Roman Invasion (Works of G. A. Henty)
First published: November 1996
Description: Beric, a boy-chief of a British tribe, plays a prominent part in the insurrection under Queen Boadicea against the invading Roman legionnaires. He is ultimately captured and taken to Rome, where he is trained as a gladiator. After saving a Christian maid by slaying a lion in the arena, he is rewarded by being made librarian of the palace as well as the personal protector of Nero. Finally, he escapes, organizes a band of outlaws in Calabria, defies the power of Rome, and at length returns to Britain, where he becomes a wise ruler of his own people.
Subjects: Children: Grades 4-6, History, Britons, Juvenile fiction, Great britain, fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Roman invasion of Britain, Fiction, war & military, Young men, Soldiers, Gladiators, Conduct of life, Invasions, Fiction, Invasions of Great Britain, Great britain, history, fiction, Children's fiction, Great britain, history
Places: Great Britain, Britain, Rome, Rome (Empire)
People: Boadicea Queen (-62)
Time periods: Roman period, 55 B.C. - 449 A.D, Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D., Nero, 54-68