{"product_id":"2940013091764","title":"THE LAST GALLEY","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  PART I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     THE LAST GALLEY\u003cbr\u003e     THE CONTEST THROUGH THE VEIL\u003cbr\u003e     AN ICONOCLAST\u003cbr\u003e     GIANT MAXIMIN\u003cbr\u003e     THE COMING OF THE HUNS\u003cbr\u003e     THE LAST OF THE LEGIONS\u003cbr\u003e     THE FIRST CARGO\u003cbr\u003e     THE HOME-COMING\u003cbr\u003e     THE RED STAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  PART II\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     THE SILVER MIRROR\u003cbr\u003e     THE BLIGHTING OF SHARKEY\u003cbr\u003e     THE MARRIAGE OF THE BRIGADIER\u003cbr\u003e     THE LORD OF FALCONBRIDGE\u003cbr\u003e     OUT OF THE RUNNING\u003cbr\u003e     \"DE PROFUNDIS\"\u003cbr\u003e     THE GREAT BROWN-PERICORD MOTOR\u003cbr\u003e     THE TERROR OF BLUE JOHN GAP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I. THE LAST GALLEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mutato nomine, de te, Britannia, fabula narratur.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was a spring morning, one hundred and forty-six years before the\u003cbr\u003ecoming of Christ. The North African Coast, with its broad hem of golden\u003cbr\u003esand, its green belt of feathery palm trees, and its background of\u003cbr\u003ebarren, red-scarped hills, shimmered like a dream country in the opal\u003cbr\u003elight. Save for a narrow edge of snow-white surf, the Mediterranean lay\u003cbr\u003eblue and serene as far as the eye could reach. In all its vast expanse\u003cbr\u003ethere was no break but for a single galley, which was slowly making its\u003cbr\u003eway from the direction of Sicily and heading for the distant harbour of\u003cbr\u003eCarthage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeen from afar it was a stately and beautiful vessel, deep red in\u003cbr\u003ecolour, double-banked with scarlet oars, its broad, flapping sail\u003cbr\u003estained with Tyrian purple, its bulwarks gleaming with brass work. A\u003cbr\u003ebrazen, three-pronged ram projected in front, and a high golden figure\u003cbr\u003eof Baal, the God of the Phoenicians, children of Canaan, shone upon the\u003cbr\u003eafter deck. From the single high mast above the huge sail streamed the\u003cbr\u003etiger-striped flag of Carthage. So, like some stately scarlet bird, with\u003cbr\u003egolden beak and wings of purple, she swam upon the face of the waters--a\u003cbr\u003ething of might and of beauty as seen from the distant shore.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079182467312,"sku":"2940013091764","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013091764_p0.jpg?v=1763576451","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013091764","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}