Book Recomendation
Posted on: 12/4/2011
A Holiday Book Recommendation from Lead Army
The nice thing about beginning a Blog for Lead Army in December is that Christmas Gifts can be recommended. And, with that in mind I am going to suggest THE WARRIOR OF ROME book series by Professor H. Sidebottom. (yes, his real name). Professor Sidebottom is an Oxford University Classics professor who decided he wanted to write historical fiction. As it happens he is very good at it as well as being a terrific military history scholar. The result is the now 4 volume Warrior of Rome series either in paperback or hardcover.
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Why is this of any interest to anyone involved with Lead Army? Well, if for no other reason than the books have a lot to do with the fighting between the Roman Empire and the Sassanid Persians. It just so happens that Lead Army already has one Sassanid military figure for you in its inventory for you once you become deeply interested in the characters from the book series. We have our Persian Cataphract 259 AD who is almost straight out of the story! The figure's plate metal on cloth for his horse and combination mail and plate for himself are the classic Cataphract. Reading book II of the series, King of Kings you will see in your mind cataphracts in their frightening glory.
We hope in the future to bring you more figures from this colorful and exciting period of Empires and societies in collision. The Roman Empire's Eastern frontier was for several decades a cauldron of invasion, revolt, Imperial reaction and more. Exciting Queens, Heroic Emperors and Kings...its all there. In all likelihood by this time next year there will be a line of Late Roman figures and their enemies available from Lead Army
The nice thing about beginning a Blog for Lead Army in December is that Christmas Gifts can be recommended. And, with that in mind I am going to suggest THE WARRIOR OF ROME book series by Professor H. Sidebottom. (yes, his real name). Professor Sidebottom is an Oxford University Classics professor who decided he wanted to write historical fiction. As it happens he is very good at it as well as being a terrific military history scholar. The result is the now 4 volume Warrior of Rome series either in paperback or hardcover.
View this item
Why is this of any interest to anyone involved with Lead Army? Well, if for no other reason than the books have a lot to do with the fighting between the Roman Empire and the Sassanid Persians. It just so happens that Lead Army already has one Sassanid military figure for you in its inventory for you once you become deeply interested in the characters from the book series. We have our Persian Cataphract 259 AD who is almost straight out of the story! The figure's plate metal on cloth for his horse and combination mail and plate for himself are the classic Cataphract. Reading book II of the series, King of Kings you will see in your mind cataphracts in their frightening glory.
We hope in the future to bring you more figures from this colorful and exciting period of Empires and societies in collision. The Roman Empire's Eastern frontier was for several decades a cauldron of invasion, revolt, Imperial reaction and more. Exciting Queens, Heroic Emperors and Kings...its all there. In all likelihood by this time next year there will be a line of Late Roman figures and their enemies available from Lead Army
