{"product_id":"9781908824134","title":"Galdir - A Slave's Tale (Roman Fiction)","description":"\"Highly Commended\"\u003cbr\u003ein the Yeovil Literary Prize 2011\u003cp\u003eA Roman slave with a serpent tattoo uncovers his true barbarian identity... A battle for power among Frankish warlords leads to a mass exodus across the Rhine... All the while, Marcus Aurelius' Roman army pushes further north, changing everything. These seemingly unrelated events meet in a cataclysm that alters the course of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the background, the ageing witch Chlotsuintha predicts it all. Or is she the one pulling the strings to shape her people's future?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Sextus escapes Rome with a pocketful of gold and a knife, how could he even have dreamt of what the fates might have in store for him?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePursued by Roman soldiers for the murder of his master, Sextus enlists the help of a retired gladiator, and falls in love with the gladiator's niece. An invading German army drives them further north, where Sextus discovers his true birthright, and his real name - Galdir. He becomes caught up in a bitter feud as one of the heirs of a dead Frankish warlord; but the blood feud must be put aside when the Romans invade and besiege the Frankish capital.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Galdir' is enthralling Roman fiction - a tale of love, brutal battles and conflict, in which a mystical prophecy winds its way through an epic saga of struggle against Rome, and the consequences of resistance by the Frankish people, its Warlord and its witches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories: Roman fiction; historical fiction; action \u0026amp; adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fingerpress UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033694224624,"sku":"9781908824134","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781908824134_p0.jpg?v=1763622061","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781908824134","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}