A review by ghostmuppet
Under the Eagle by Simon Scarrow
4.0
While most of my reading material is either SciFi or Fantasy, I do enjoy some historical fiction as well. I have had this as a paperback for sometime but never started it. I recently got the Audiobook and breezed through it in 1 day.
There is a fair amount of information dumping at the start of the book - explaining how the legions work, about regulations and how camps work etc. It also seemed that some modern views on Army life may have crept in as well - but i am no historian and this is just my personal view. That being said, it took nothing away from this book.
I had a connection with most of the characters, with the exception of the Legate. Don't know why that would have been the case, and hopefully it will change in the future books.
The audiobook was well presented and David Thorpe (Narrator) did a great job. I have the next 2 books which came with the Audiobook bundle, and hopefully they will be just as enjoyable.
There is a fair amount of information dumping at the start of the book - explaining how the legions work, about regulations and how camps work etc. It also seemed that some modern views on Army life may have crept in as well - but i am no historian and this is just my personal view. That being said, it took nothing away from this book.
I had a connection with most of the characters, with the exception of the Legate. Don't know why that would have been the case, and hopefully it will change in the future books.
The audiobook was well presented and David Thorpe (Narrator) did a great job. I have the next 2 books which came with the Audiobook bundle, and hopefully they will be just as enjoyable.