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001			007630776
005			20180722215950.0
008			141103s2014 xxub 000 1 eng d
020			_a1500284866
020			_a9781500284862
035			_a(OCoLC)894226286
040			_aNFG _erda _cNFG
049			_aNFGB
099			_aPilling _aDavid
100	1		_aPilling, David. _9263849
245	1	0	_aAmbrosius / _cDavid Pilling.
264		1	_a[Place of publication not identified] : _bCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, _c2014.
300			_a339 p. : _bmap ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aLeader of battles _v1
520			_a"My father was a warrior. He bade me fight..." Britain, 427 AD. Rome has abandoned the province, leaving it exposed to waves of barbarian invasions. To the west, savage pirates from Hibernia ravage the coastline. In the north, the crumbling defences of the Wall cannot contain marauding bands of Picts as they sweep down from the highlands. Worst of all are the Saxons, the dreaded sea-wolves. Under their chiefs, Hengist and Horsa, they wish to drive out the native Britons and claim the entire island for their own. Attacked from all sides, the Britons find a champion in the form of Ambrosius Aurelianus, the last of the Romans. A modest man, riddled with doubts and fears, Ambrosius reluctantly takes on the mantle of Dux Bellorum, Leader of Battles. Placed in command of Britain's only standing army, he fights to preserve the dwindling light of civilisation while the treacherous High King, Vortigern, plots his destruction. Set before the coming of Arthur, the first book of the Leader of Battles trilogy charts the rise and fall of post-Roman Britain's first great hero, and his desperate struggle to hold back the shadows threatening to engulf his country.
600	0	0	_aArthur, _cKing _924253
650		0	_aBritons _vFiction. _966148
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xHistory _yAnglo Saxon period, 499-1066 _vFiction. _9263850
942			_cBOOK _01
994			_aC0 _bNFG
997			_aPilling David
998			_a007630776
999			_c180848 _d180848