Marching with Caesar

Birth of the 10th Legion

De: R.W. Peake

Narrado por: Simon Burdett

Duración: 16 h y 28 m

Resumen del Editor

Titus Pullus, the hero of the 10th Legion and the Marching With Caesar series, tells his story from the very beginning of his life, starting with his relationship with his father, how his friendship with Vibius Domitius began, and how their burning ambition to join the Legions was helped by a veteran nicknamed Cyclops. Enlisting in the 10th Legion, raised in 61 B.C. by Gaius Julius Caesar, Birth of the 10th Legion recounts the first campaign ever conducted by Julius Caesar as a commander, when he quells an insurrection in Hispania, as seen through the eyes and from the perspective of the men like Titus and Vibius who actually did the fighting.

©2012, 2014 R.W. Peake (P)2014 R.W. Peake

Can't Wait for the Next Installment

I always enjoy a good historical novel and this first installment of Peake's book about Caesar's 10th Legion really fit the bill. I had a hard time turning it off and can't wait for the next audiobook.

Great start to a good series!

Who was your favorite character and why?

Titus Pullus because he is a young Roman man that is fighting to make something of himself. Through the legions and army life he is going to make that happen.

What about Simon Burdett’s performance did you like?

Did a fine job of keeping excitement in the characters and I never felt like his performance deterred from my listening.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I could have listening in one sitting if I had that much time but this was a listen that I did finish rather fast!

An excellent read

As an active duty service member, Titus' account is distantly familiar, and I enjoyed reading this view of the life of a legionary. The main character is likeable and human, and is very believable. I'd recommend to anyone with an interest in military history. Give us the rest of the series on Audible!

Love it!!

Felt like I was there with Titus and the Tenth legion and all the legionary's.

Freaking Awesome.

I loved this audio book. Wish more in the series were available via audiobook. I would buy them in a heartbeat.

A great Roman historical fiction novel!

o be honest I was very surprised. When I first heard of the book I thought it would be a mid-grade pulp novel at best and that was what I was prepared for. Fortunately that wasn’t the case and I was happy with the surprise.

The story keeps itself tight. Starting with an older Roman Commander who relates to his scribe his life on joining the 10th Legion. I was a little worried, I have seen this trope before, but it didn’t feel cliche and it seemed to work. Starting with his childhood and working into the first battles of his career and returning home for the first time.

Overall the characters are well fleshed out and you can see growth in them. The action scenes aren’t overwhelming and it just feels like the author followed historical events about the formation of the 10th close and he does it well enough that it doesn’t annoy people who like history itself.

It was great to finally get a fictional book that I enjoyed, instead of dreading every page turn I gulped through the book like a man starving. I am definitely going to be picking up his further novels in the series and I can’t recommend it enough.

One of my absolute favorites

I love this story line and I have listened to this book over and over. I hope the rest of the series makes it to an audio book soon.

Lots of adventure

It's a great adventure story. The narration was excellent and it changed voices to match the different characters. (Definitely worth the price)

5 Stars

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The best of Rome!

Single best series about Rome's Legions I have ever read. Truly an amazing series!

Great read

The story is incredibly immersive. The narrator is excellent in both books. I highly anticipate the release of the Marching with Ceasar Civil War. my favorite moment for this book is when Titus gets assigned as weapons instructor and his interaction with Crastinus. I love the history of Rome in particular it's political and military history and this book was an incredible read despite it being historical fiction it is very well researched.