Give Me Back My Legions!: A Novel of Ancient Rome
Written by Harry Turtledove
Narrated by Simon Vance
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
Arminius, a prince of the Cherusci, is playing a deadly game. He serves in the Roman army, gaining Roman citizenship and an officer's rank, and learning the arts of war and policy as practiced by the Romans. What he learns is essential for the survival of Germany, for he must unite his people against Rome before they become enslaved by the Empire and lose their way of life forever.
An epic battle is brewing, and these two men stand on opposite sides of what will forever be known as the Battle of the Teutoberg Forest-a ferocious, bloody clash that will change the course of history.
Harry Turtledove
Harry Turtledove (he/him) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer who Publishers Weekly has called the "Master of Alternate History." He has received numerous awards and distinctions, including the Hugo Award for Best Novella, the HOMer Award for Short story, and the John Esthen Cook Award for Southern Fiction. Turtledove’s works include the Crosstime Traffic, Worldwar, Darkness, and Opening of the World series; the standalone novels The House of Daniel, Fort Pillow, and Give Me Back My Legions!; and over a dozen short stories available on Tor.com. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, novelist Laura Frankos, and their four daughters.
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Reviews for Give Me Back My Legions!
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book isn’t always reviewed very well and isn’t nearly as good as Ben Kane’s novel on the same subject, but it’s still a good quick read. The problem, I think, most readers will have is the poor description of the battle itself, which seems to last a few hours rather than 3 days and provides almost no tactical details. To each his own I guess.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I really enjoyed this book. It is Turtledove's dramatization of the events that lead up to the 9 AD battle of Teutoburg Forest, which prevented Germany from becoming part of the Roman Empire. There are historical references to the battle, but not a lot of specifics, so Turtledove is using his imagination,but the major characters were real people and the battle itself was real. I thought this was entertaining and interesting.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The content was interesting and Turtledove's battle descriptions were excellent. His descriptions stayed true to the time period, so parts were graphic. But, he definitely kept you on the seat of your pants during the battle scene. The rest of the story, though, was long and drawn out. Turtledove also had a habit of repeating himself again and again and again and again.... If the repeated parts were edited out, and he had stuck to a brief storyline, I would have loved this book.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5DisappointingThe novel "Give me back my legions" by Harry Turtledove is disappointing. The author concentrates on the psychology of the two main characters Varus and Arminius, which starts to repeat after a while. Besides this the author forgets a lot of other important things. For example I would have liked to see how Arminius managed to bring together the different Germanic tribes to common action. From a historical or novellist point of view the book is less than moderate. The novel ends with emperor Augustus reducing his plans to conquer Germany, but the fate of Arminius (murdered) and his wife and child (captured) is not part of the novel. Why? This is an integral part of this part of history! Just another disappointment. What was more interesting is the description how different cultures cannot cope with each other and fall into systematic misunderstandings on each other without escape. This could teach us something. Funny was Varus' statement that Germans and Jews are the most stubborn peoples in the Roman empire.