{"product_id":"2940013091795","title":"THE LAST OF THE LEGIONS","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                   PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    I THE LAST OF THE LEGIONS         9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   II THE LAST GALLEY                22\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  III THROUGH THE VEIL               37\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   IV THE COMING OF THE HUNS         47\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    V THE CONTEST                    68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VI THE FIRST CARGO                83\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VII AN ICONOCLAST                  98\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e VIII GIANT MAXIMIN                 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   IX THE RED STAR                  141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    X THE SILVER MIRROR             158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XI THE HOME-COMING               177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XII A POINT OF CONTACT            202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XIII THE CENTURION                 215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE LAST OF THE LEGIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    THE LAST OF THE LEGIONS\u003cbr\u003e _and Other Tales of Long Ago_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE LAST OF THE LEGIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePontus, the Roman viceroy, sat in the atrium of his palatial villa by\u003cbr\u003ethe Thames, and he looked with perplexity at the scroll of papyrus which\u003cbr\u003ehe had just unrolled. Before him stood the messenger who had brought it,\u003cbr\u003ea swarthy little Italian, whose black eyes were glazed with want of\u003cbr\u003esleep, and his olive features darker still from dust and sweat. The\u003cbr\u003eviceroy was looking fixedly at him, yet he saw him not, so full was his\u003cbr\u003emind of this sudden and most unexpected order. To him it seemed as if\u003cbr\u003ethe solid earth had given way beneath his feet. His life and the work of\u003cbr\u003ehis life had come to irremediable ruin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Very good,\" he said at last in a hard dry voice, \"you can go.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe man saluted and staggered out of the hall. A yellow-haired British\u003cbr\u003emajor-domo came forward for orders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Is the General there?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"He is waiting, your excellency.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Then show him in, and leave us together.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA few minutes later Licinius Crassus, the head of the British military\u003cbr\u003eestablishment, had joined his chief. He was a large, bearded man in a\u003cbr\u003ewhite civilian toga, hemmed with the Patrician purple. His rough, bold\u003cbr\u003efeatures, burned and seamed and lined with the long African wars, were\u003cbr\u003eshadowed with anxiety as he looked with questioning eyes at the drawn,\u003cbr\u003ehaggard face of the viceroy.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079273070832,"sku":"2940013091795","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013091795_p0.jpg?v=1763576695","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013091795","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}