Brigantia

Vindolanda, Book 3

By: Adrian Goldsworthy

Narrated by: Peter Noble

Flavius Ferox is the hard-bitten centurion charged with keeping the peace on Britannia's frontier with the barbarian tribes of the north. Now he's been summoned to Londinium by the governor, but before he sets out an imperial freedman is found brutally murdered in a latrine at Vindolanda fort. Ferox must find the killer. As he follows the trail, the murder leads him to plots against the empire and Rome itself. Bandits, soldiers and gladiators alike are trying to kill him, old friends turn traitor, and Ferox is lured reluctantly to the sinister haunts of the old druids on the isle of Mona.

©2019 Adrian Goldsworthy (P)2019 Head of Zeus

Critic reviews

"An instant classic of the genre." (Harry Sidebottom)

Ok listen

Story was pretty good . Reader was very good. The one thing I didn’t appreciate was making fun of biblical verse’s ,keep your view to yourself. Very poor taste for the author to put that in the story.

High praise to Peter Noble

Noble catches the essence of a range of characters-genders, dialects, classes, intelligence, education, occupations, philosophies, attitudes, mores, beliefs. This is an entertaining book-not as good as the first volume, VINLANDA. It is historic fiction first with murder mystery, myth, and very well written military battles. If one has read some nonfiction on Roman military function, it would enhance one’s enjoyment of this trilogy as Goldsworthy uses terms describing weapons, military formations, and tactics.

Another Great Story

This third novel of the Vindolanda series continues the wonderful story begun in book 1. The narration really brings the story to life. I highly recommend this narration.

highly recommend the whole series

Fantastic series, by a well know Roman period historian. The story was well crafted and the character development was strong. I would recommend this novel and it's predecessors for anyone with a love of Roman Briton.

The Best Novel I have read in years!

I have read everything that Adrian Goldsworthy has written all history until these three novels. This Ferox Series is just wonderful. I can’t express the enjoyment I experienced reading this series. Strong characters not quite historical fiction but a comfortable read for a fan of that genre. Do yourself a favor and purchase these three books you won’t regret it. I’m sure I have left a review before but somehow after changing phones I was asked to review after I re-listened to the series. They are as good as the first time I listened. Mr. Goldsworthy is just a great writer well done Sir.