Artorius Rex - first US edition
by John Gloag
Third in a trilogy of novels about Roman Britain, this is the story of
Artorius, dux Britanniarum, who unites the kings of the Irish, Picts and Saxons
into a formidable force and almost succeeds in making Britain into a single
great kingdom. But he falls disastrously in love with Gwinfreda, daughter of a
Saxon king . . . The story is narrated by Caius Geladius (a descendant of the
famous Geladii about whom Mr. Gloag has written in the first two volumes of this
trilogy.
Part of a collected three-book set.
Book has reddish-brown boards with the title stamped in silver on the spine.
Clean inside and out, with sharp corners; tight text in an excellent binding;
page edges slightly faded.
White jacket is untorn, bright except for a narrow band of fading along the top
edges, price intact at $7.95.