Aelric in Constantinople involved in double, triple… crosses, murders, war, in-between an Emperor and several pretenders, the Church of Rome and the ones of the East… Just a page turner and a fun book that made me laugh out loud so many times that all its anachronisms and creative historical interpretations were excused.

Even better then Conspiracies of Rome and I hope MR. Blake can keep Aelric’s adventures coming beyond the Alexandria one of this summer

An A+ and a great return to the 50’s style of adventure historical fiction (a la Mika Waltari and Samuel Shellaberger for example) with modern sensibilities and a take no prisoners attitude.

Published by Goodreads
26th March 2010

Tags: Historical Fiction