by Santiago Posteguillo · Ediciones B · tapa dura · ISBN 9788466639323
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«Africanus, el hijo del cónsul» is the historical novel by Santiago Posteguillo, published by Ediciones B in hardback (720 pages, in Spanish).
At the end of the 3rd century BC, Rome is on the brink of annihilation before Hannibal. The novel narrates the childhood and youth of Publius Cornelius Scipio, the officer destined to change that fate, with battles such as Ticinus, Trebia, Trasimene and Cannae, sieges, marches of the legions and intrigues of the Senate.
The novel, published in 2008, is the first instalment of the Africanus trilogy, the historical series by Santiago Posteguillo dedicated to Publius Cornelius Scipio.
A read for those seeking historical fiction about ancient Rome, the Second Punic War and the figure of Publius Cornelius Scipio.
Valencian philologist and bestselling novelist specialising in ancient Rome, author of the Scipio Trilogy, Yo, Julia and the Roma soy yo series.
