Beric the Briton - a Story of the Roman Invasion
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Beric the Briton - a Story of the Roman Invasion

By G. A. Henty
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Length14h 56m

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The hero of the story is Beric, a young Briton, currently living under Roman subjugation. After he is raised to the rank of chief among his tribe, known as the Iceni, he and his tribe rise up against Roman rule. The strong but untrained Britons are successful in the beginning of the uprising, but are quickly conquered again by the well-trained legionaries. Beric and his small group of men fight to the last, conducting a sort of guerrilla warfare. Finally he and his men are captured, and Beric is sent to Rome as a prisoner/gladiator. In Rome, he becomes friends with some people who belong to the rising sect of Christians. When a Christian girl is about to be given to the lions in the Roman amphitheater, Beric dashes to the rescue and kills a lion single-handedly…

Audiobook details

GenreGeneral Fiction
Length14 hrs 56 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 27, 2015
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1PREFACE.
12CHAPTER XI: A PRISONER
2CHAPTER I: A HOSTAGE
13CHAPTER XII: A SCHOOL FOR GLADIATORS
3CHAPTER II: CITY AND FOREST
14CHAPTER XIII: A CHRISTIAN
4CHAPTER III: A WOLF HUNT
15CHAPTER XIV: ROME IN FLAMES
5CHAPTER IV: AN INFURIATED PEOPLE
16CHAPTER XV: THE CHRISTIANS TO THE LIONS
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6CHAPTER V: THE SACK OF CAMALODUNUM
17CHAPTER XVI: IN NERO'S PALACE
7CHAPTER VI: FIRST SUCCESSES
18CHAPTER XVII: BETROTHAL
8CHAPTER VII: DEFEAT OF THE BRITONS
19CHAPTER XVIII: THE OUTBREAK
9CHAPTER VIII: THE GREAT SWAMPS
20CHAPTER XIX: OUTLAWS
10CHAPTER IX: THE STRUGGLE IN THE SWAMP
21CHAPTER XX: MOUNTAIN WARFARE
11CHAPTER X: BETRAYED
22CHAPTER XXI: OLD FRIENDS

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