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Wounds of Honour: Empire I: 1 Paperback – 1 April 2010

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Marcus Valerius Aquila has scarcely landed in Britannia when he has to run for his life - condemned to dishonorable death by power-crazed emperor Commodus. The plan is to take a new name, serve in an obscure regiment on Hadrian's Wall and lie low until he can hope for justice. Then a rebel army sweeps down from the wastes north of the Wall, and Marcus has to prove he's hard enough to lead a century in the front line of a brutal, violent war.

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Publisher : Hodder Paperbacks; 1st edition (1 April 2010)
Language : English
Paperback : 416 pages
ISBN-10 : 0340920327
ISBN-13 : 978-0340920329
Dimensions : 13.34 x 2.86 x 19.69 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 302,390 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 3,635 in Historical Military Fiction
- 7,530 in War & Military Action Fiction (Books)
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This is fast-paced and gripping "read-through-the-night" fiction, with marvellous characters and occasional moments of dark humour. Some authors are better historians than they are storytellers. Anthony Riches is brilliant at both. (Conn Iggulden)

A damn fine read . . . fast-paced, action-packed. (Ben Kane)

Stands head and shoulders above a crowded field . . . . real, live characters act out their battles on the northern borders with an accuracy of detail and depth of raw emotion that is a rare combination. (Manda Scott)

His plots bristle with emotion, realism and electrifying tensions, his multi-layered characters open doors onto the fascinating everyday life of the Roman army and the sense of adventure that underpins the whole series makes each book a fresh source of excitement and enjoyment. Riches knows his stuff and boy does it show . . . While Marcus, his cohorts and the Empire series grow in stature, readers await the next instalment of this challenging and entertaining tour-de-force with a sense of heightened anticipation . . . and armed, of course, with the confidence that once again the 'master of Rome' will not disappoint. (Lancashire Evening Post)

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A damn fine read . . . fast-paced, action-packed. - Ben Kane

Stands head and shoulders above a crowded field . . . . real, live characters act out their battles on the northern borders with an accuracy of detail and depth of raw emotion that is a rare combination. - Manda Scott

His plots bristle with emotion, realism and electrifying tensions, his multi-layered characters open doors onto the fascinating everyday life of the Roman army and the sense of adventure that underpins the whole series makes each book a fresh source of excitement and enjoyment. Riches knows his stuff and boy does it show . . . While Marcus, his cohorts and the Empire series grow in stature, readers await the next instalment of this challenging and entertaining tour-de-force with a sense of heightened anticipation . . . and armed, of course, with the confidence that once again the 'master of Rome' will not disappoint. - Lancashire Evening Post

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Kaye Fergusson

Great Author

Reviewed in Australia on 2 February 2018

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just adout to read again great story just want to refresh my memory before new book is freleased I just love this author and all his hhistorical stories

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MizBoat

Fantastic read

Reviewed in Australia on 26 October 2015

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This book was gripping from start to finish, with action aplenty and a very solid storyline line which kept me enthralled throughout.

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SJATurney

An opening stormer

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 April 2012

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I've waited until I finished the third book in this series before posting a review of any of them, and for a particular reason. Most of the historical series I've read consist of a new separate story with each book, often defined by a narrator's pause or some such device. Most series are different stories with different themes that build a series.

Wile clearly part of a series, Tony's first three Empire books are different. To me they follow on so closely and seamlessly that the series so far could easily be seen as one huge story spread over three books with appropriate pauses between releases. The stories are readable independently, for sure, but the best will be got from them by reading them one after the other. Quite simply, you can't read one book of this series without wanting to go on with the story. In order to get the best from the story, you need to read them all, and for the best possible results, I would suggest back-to-back.

A second thing that I would say that concerns each of Tony's works is what I consider his greatest strength as an author: The gritty military reality of his tale-telling. I have spent some time in my life, in a civilian situation but alongside men of military units, and there is something so authentic about Tony's characterisation that it felt truly familiar and real. You will find it hard to disbelieve anything about Tony's depiction of the legions, auxiliary troopers, the cavalry, their structure, style, attitude and actions. While no one can confirm exactly how soldiers then spoke and acted, it's hard to believe they were any different from the modern military and Tony has made these ancient soldiers understandable and relevant to the modern reader.

I feel that it is better for me to review the series as a whole, which I have given an appropriate 5 stars of 5, and then add a short section on the individual novel. I find it almost impossible to put down Tony's books and eagerly await the Leopard Sword to see what new direction the series might take.

Book One

Wounds of honour is a wonderful beginning, introducing a number of characters that you will love and that will go through the series with you.

From the protagonist, a fugitive from Imperial justice who will continue to take your breath away in exciting and violent ways as each new talent of his becomes apparent, to the grim centurions who have served long on the frontier, to the oily son of a Roman aristocrat seeking the hero's downfall, the story takes place against a background of violent war and tribal pride, beleaguered forts and inter-unit rivalries, and centres around a 'training of mistfits' theme that is both exciting and humourous at times. The book has a solid and exciting concusion while clearly not finishing the whole story. Wounds of Honour introduces the reader to life on Hadrian's Wall in an era of troubles, to the auxiliary units that serve there and, in particular, to the First Tungrian cohort, who will become central to the series.

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Adam Moran

Read it-do not dare buy the audio narration!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 July 2018

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Amazing. Flat out. Riches has captured the rough humour and bonds formed by groups of fighting men. I loved this and every subsequent book in the series. Great leading man and a really well developed and diverse supporting cast. Marcus is one of the best leading men in Historical Fiction. One note of caution. No matter what, under any circumstances buy the audible narration for this book. It ruined one of the best stories I have ever read (my Historical Fiction collection exceeds any Library in the country) by virture of one of the most extreme examples of sheer lunacy I have ever come across when the "narrator" decides to voice Marcus as a high pitched, very effeminate, posh school boy. I have never been so dissapointed nor baffled by a descision in my entire life. If the book was called "My life as a Legionary Soldier-by Julian Clary", then the voice would be on the money. Dead on.

It isn't called that.

Read it in your own voice. You'll thank me.

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T. A. Charles

An unpretentious novel for those who want a good story with their historical accuracy

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 May 2018

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I tend to avoid a long book series (there are nine, with a tenth coming soon at time of writing) but after reading the free preview I was hooked. For those also put off by that, I would recommend that you see his first three books as a trilogy.

The story opens with a nice bit of action as our hero is given an abrupt introduction to his new home in 2nd century Britain. Forced to live in exile, not only does he have to battle both the ambitions of a ruthless barbarian warlord who would unite the northern tribes and the petty machinations of a fickle and jealous emperor, but also fight for acceptance in his new auxiliary cohort.

Riches has a great way of writing historical fiction in a way that leaps over the hurdles that most authors would stumble into and fall over. By using anglicised terms, Riches improves the flow of his prose so there's no flicking back to the glossary to remind yourself what a Tesserarius is mid-sentence.

I don't like to give star ratings, so full marks in this case because I thoroughly enjoyed this novel.

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Bertolt

Would have liked to see more historical detail

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 March 2018

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This is okay. It is of the Boys' Own Adventure school of Roman historical novels - not dissimilar to Simon Scarrow, although not as well written (a tendency towards vastly overlong sentences) but rather grittier (which is good). The story is a little conventional and quite predictable but there is plenty of it, with lots happening, and it is laudably free of the sentimentality so common to this kind of book. Would have liked to see more historical detail, but there you go. Undemanding but I quite enjoyed it, and will probably buy another in the future

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Wounds of Honour

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 March 2013

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In AD 181, the Emperor Marcus Aurelius is dead, and he has been succeeded as Emperor by his son Commodus. In Roman Britain the northern tribes are restless, and it seems that trouble is being stirred up by several parties both at Rome and in Britannia - but to what end, and who will pay the price? When Marcus Valerius Aquila lands in Britannia, he quickly finds himself in the middle of more trouble than he can at first comprehend.

This is a very well-researched and written historical novel. It is certainly interesting to read of the lives led, and the actions undertaken, by the Roman and native soldiers living at and around The Wall, and for that alone, the book is well worth reading. I did find some of the story to be a bit "Boys' Own Adventure"-like, with cussing and fighting, and teaching men to be men which all seemed to be laid on bit thick. All very well and good, but it did seem to detract from the narrative and story, which in itself was excellent. I enjoyed reading about the politics, in Britannia and the ramifications of politics and intrigue far away in Rome. I enjoyed reading about the native kings and their struggles against the invaders. It really did have a very good immediacy to the story in those parts, as did the battle scenes.

The first in a series, this was a really good start. Recommended.

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