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- 398 páginas
- 14 horas de lectura
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This story deals with the invasion of Britain by the Roman legionaries. Beric, who is a boy-chief of a British tribe, takes a prominent part in the insurrection under Boadicea; and after the defeat of that heroic queen (in A. D. 62) he continues the struggle in the fen-country. Ultimately, Beric is defeated and carried captive to Rome, where he is trained in the exercise of arms in a school of gladiators. Such is the skill which he there acquires that he succeeds in saving a Christian maid by slaying a lion in the arena, and is rewarded by being made librarian of the palace, and the personal protector of Nero. Finally he escapes from this irksome service, organizes a band of outlaws in Calabria, defies the power of Rome, and at length returns to Britain, where he becomes a wise ruler of his own people.
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Beric the Briton, George Alfred Henty
- Idioma
- Publicado en
- 1996
- Encuadernación
- (Tapa dura)
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- Título
- Beric the Briton
- Subtítulo
- A Story of the Roman Invasion
- Idioma
- Inglés
- Autores
- George Alfred Henty
- Editorial
- Preston Speed Publications
- Publicado en
- 1996
- Formato
- Tapa dura
- Páginas
- 398
- ISBN10
- 1887159061
- ISBN13
- 9781887159067
- Serie
- Etiquetas
- Ficción, Novelas históricas, Aventura, Narrativa juvenil, Clásicos
- Calificación
- 4 de 5
- Descripción
- This story deals with the invasion of Britain by the Roman legionaries. Beric, who is a boy-chief of a British tribe, takes a prominent part in the insurrection under Boadicea; and after the defeat of that heroic queen (in A. D. 62) he continues the struggle in the fen-country. Ultimately, Beric is defeated and carried captive to Rome, where he is trained in the exercise of arms in a school of gladiators. Such is the skill which he there acquires that he succeeds in saving a Christian maid by slaying a lion in the arena, and is rewarded by being made librarian of the palace, and the personal protector of Nero. Finally he escapes from this irksome service, organizes a band of outlaws in Calabria, defies the power of Rome, and at length returns to Britain, where he becomes a wise ruler of his own people.