Prince - S.J.A. Turney

Introducing Constantine, prince of Rome and her last emperorIt is 1428, and the once all-powerful Roman Empire is hanging on by a thread. With the city of Rome long-since lost, the empire lives on in the East, in the city of Constantinople. Defended by three rings of walls a seemingly impregnable barrier the city is a thorn in the side of the rising superpower, the Ottomans, who simply cannot take it by force. Beyond the great walls, the empire's territory is being chipped away, piece by piece, and only a visionary leader will be able to halt this death by a thousand cuts. Constantine, prince of Rome, may just be that leader. But walking across a political tightrope leaves him with enemies on all sides, and so it falls to his loyal bodyguard, Gabriel, to ensure he survives the journeyThe explosive story of the final years of the Roman empire, and the rise of one of her most legendary emperors.
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