The Walls of Rome
218 BC. Sphax is seventeen and haunted by the brutal murder of his parents at the hands of Rome. After ten years of miserable slavery he will make his last bid for freedom and go in search of Hannibal’s army and his birthright. He will have his revenge on the stinking cesspit that is Rome!
Destiny will see him taken under the wing of Maharbal, Hannibal’s brilliant general, and groomed to lead the finest horsemen in the world – the feared Numidian cavalry that would become the scourge of Rome.
From the crossing of the great Rhodanus River, Sphax’s epic journey takes him through the lands of the Gaul to the highest pass in the Alps. This is the story of the most famous march in history. A march against impossible odds, against savage mountain Gauls, a brutal winter and Sphax’s own demons.
This is more than a struggle for empire. This is the last great war to save the beauty of the old world, the civilized world of Carthage, Greece and Gaul. The world of art and philosophy – before it is ground into dust by the upstart barbarity of Rome.
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My Review
Thanks to Robert for sending me a copy of his book and to Rachel for organising the blog tour.
This book starts with a murder and continues at a rollicking pace as fugitive slave, Sphax, escapes from Roman control and makes the journey across the Mediterranean. There he joins the Carthaginian army of Hannibal, specifically his native Numidian cavalry, to get his revenge on Rome. In the process he finds love, family and great hardship.
There’s love and hate, glory and duty, a great adventure and a great tragedy. The author brings to life the variety of cultures and empires that vied for power during the last centuries of the Roman Republic. I particularly enjoyed the information about the Carthaginian and Numidian cultures and societies that are normally left out of histories of the time because the focus is on Greece and Rome, or the civilizations of Mesopotamia.
The characters are rounded and interesting, the descriptions of people and landscapes evocative and plot gripping. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel.
Author Bio – Robert M. Kidd
When Cato the Censor demanded that ‘Carthage must be destroyed,’ Rome did just that. In 146 BC, after a three-year siege, Carthage was raised to the ground, its surviving citizens sold into slavery and the fields where this once magnificent city had stood, ploughed by oxen. Carthage was erased from history.
That’s why I’m a novelist on a mission! I want to set the historical record straight. Our entire history of Hannibal’s wars with Rome is nothing short of propaganda, written by Greeks and Romans for their Roman clients. It intrigues me that Hannibal took two Greek scholars and historians with him on campaign, yet their histories of Rome’s deadliest war have never seen the light of day.
My hero, Sphax the Numidian, tells a different story!
When I’m not waging war with my pen, I like to indulge my passion for travel and hill walking, and like my hero, I too love horses. I live in Pembrokeshire, West Wales.
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I’m a huge fan of classical history, but I have to agree: there’s not a whole lot out there about the Carthaginians or anybody else who wasn’t Greek or Roman. This sounds like an awesome read!
I think there’s a lot of scope for historical fiction covering Carthage and the people of North Africa in the Classical period, they were as sophisticated as the Romans, but sadly ignored because they lost.