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Full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of the first five Falco novels by Lindsey Davis, starring Anton Lesser as Marcus Didius Falco.

Griechenland im Kampf gegen die größte Kriegsflotte der Welt. Als erfahrener Schiffsführer kämpft Arimnestos von Platäa in der epischen Konfrontation zwischen Griechen und Persern: der Seeschlacht von Salamis. Eine Schlacht, bei der Blutvergießen mit Blutvergießen vergolten, alter Groll beigelegt, Ruhm erlangt und Verrat entlarvt wird. Eine Schlacht, bei der Griechenland alle Differenzen begraben und vereint kämpfen muss. Denn dem Land gegenüber steht Großkönig Xerxes, der die größte Kriegsflotte der Welt zusammengebracht hat.

Brytania, 45 rok. W pobliżu Stonehenge druidzi chwytają w zasadzkę Sabinusa, chcąc zwabić Wespazjana, który zapewne przybędzie ratować brata - by obu rzymskich legatów złożyć w mrocznej ofierze prastarym bogom podczas letniego przesilenia. Wespazjan musi walczyć o uratowanie brata i zakończyć podbój południowego zachodu tej nawiedzonej wyspy, nim wezwanie do Rzymu wrzuci go w wir cesarskiej polityki. Trzej wyzwoleńcy Klaudiusza wciąż są wszechwładni.

45 n. Chr.: Vespasians Bruder Sabinus wurde in Britannien von Druiden gefangen genommen und nun muss Vespasian ihn vor dem Opfertod retten - und zugleich den Kampf gegen seinen alten Feind Caratacus fortsetzen. Nachrichten aus Rom verheißen nichts Gutes: Am wenigsten Kontrolle über das Reich hat Kaiser Claudius selbst. Seine unersättliche Gemahlin Messalina weiß ihn durch ihre Einflüsterungen zu lenken. Claudius’ drei Freigelassene ringen um die Macht, und kaum aus Britannien zurückgekehrt, wird Vespasian in ihre Intrigen hineingezogen...

Lei è la sua stessa vita, il suo respiro, il suo amore. E ora è in pericolo. Roma, 46 d.C. Il senatore Marco Quinto Valerio Rufo questa volta non è chiamato a combattere guerre né ad affrontare feroci barbari ai confini dell’Impero. La vendetta ha bussato alla sua porta e pretende un tributo di sangue, quello di una creatura indifesa che ama più di se stesso e che un vile nemico gli ha sottratto senza pietà.

Tamworth AD833 After successfully rescuing her husband from the Island of Sheppey, Icel hears the deathbed confession of Lady Cynehild which leaves him questioning what he knows about his past, as well as his future. In the unenviable position of being oath sworn to protect their two atheling sons when Lord Coenwulf is punished and banished for his treason against the Mercian ruler, King Wiglaf, Icel is once more torn between his oaths and the secret he knows.

Jarl Dragon Heart has taken to the seas. With his wolf warriors, he raids further afield than ever before as he seeks his destiny. He has to fight new enemies as well as treacherous former allies. The Norns weave their webs and the Vikings discover the Middle Sea and Africa before they find themselves at the court of Nikephoros 1, the Emperor of Byzantium. A vast moving novel filled with battles both at sea and on land as the Viking Wolf unleashes his pack on the world.

The fifth and final instalment in Simon Scarrow's electrifying ARENA series sees gladiator Pavo face his most gruelling battle yet as strives to avenge his father's death. From the moment his father was executed in the arena for an act of treason, former military tribune and condemned gladiator...

The gripping final novella in the INVADER series, set in Roman Britain, AD 45, from Sunday Times bestselling authors Simon Scarrow and T. J. Andrews. Britannia, AD 45. Rome's plan to establish a new friendly king over a hostile native tribe is in grave danger. A sinister new Druid sect, led by a...

85 A.D. The Roman Empire expanded its conquered territories north to the Danube River. One kingdom is still a serious threat – the third most powerful military power in Europe and the richest nation in the region. That nation is Dacia, led by its young and brilliant military leader King Decebal.