Enemies of the Empire - first UK edition

by Rosemary Rowe - signed

Seventh in the series set in Roman Britain featuring amateur sleuth Libertus. It's AD 188, and the wild, forested outskirts of the Empire is the last place Libertus, freedman and pavement-maker, wants to visit. But he'd rather face a wolf or bear than an angry patron, so he agrees to accompany Marcus Septimus to the garrison town of Isca (now Caerleon in South Wales). Pausing at Venta, the two men realize they've stepped into a simmering cauldron of social unrest, where the Silures tribe, loyal to former chief Caractacus, seethes under Roman occupation. When Libertus spots a familiar figure, who seems desperate not to be recognized, curiosity gets the better of him. But his pursuit leads him down a dangerous path and into a murky world of racketeering, treason and murder...

Book has wine-red boards with the title in gold on the spine; signed by the author on the title page.

Dust wrapper is in mylar, price-intact at £18.99.