Villa of Deceit Villa of Deceit

Villa of Deceit

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Publisher Description

Rome, 70 B.C.E.
A house in turmoil: a controlling father, an adulterous mother, and an angry son made reckless by a forbidden love. Young Gaius defies his father Toronius, fleeing with a slave girl whom he marries, only to see her die in childbirth. Disinherited and grieving, Gaius leaves his infant son Tacitus behind with a trusted aunt and devotes his life to the sword.
On the battle field Gaius is trained and tempered into a hardened veteran of war. His leadership and bravery in campaigns earn him respect and the rank of Senior Centurion. But his greatest challenge is returning home to face his son Tacitus, now grown to a wild, undisciplined youth. Gaius forces the errant boy against his wishes into the army that he may be molded into a man.
Like Gaius before him, Tacitus must fight to become his own man in defiance of his father. But together as Legionnaires, they must survive an invasion mired by betrayal and confront the fury of war.
Villa of Deceit is a well-researched entertaining read with engaging characters, intricate and clever plotting, and much interesting detail about family life in first century B.C. Rome. A definite page turner. " -- Donald Michael Platt, author of Rocamora and House of Rocamora.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2015
April 27
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
548
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penmore Press LLC
SELLER
Ingram DV LLC
SIZE
6.3
MB
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