Beric the Briton
A Story of the Roman Invasion
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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, G. A. Henty
- Sprache
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2002
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- (Hardcover),
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- Titel
- Beric the Briton
- Untertitel
- A Story of the Roman Invasion
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- G. A. Henty
- Verlag
- Robinson Books
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2002
- Einband
- Hardcover
- Seitenzahl
- 383
- ISBN10
- 159087031X
- ISBN13
- 9781590870310
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Historisches Thema, Abenteuer, Großbritannien
- Beschreibung
- 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.