The Count of the Saxon Shore
A Historical Romance of Roman Coastal Defense, Saxon Raids, and Britain's Passage into the Medieval WorldBy Alfred J. Church
Length7h 32m
About this audiobook
Alfred J. Church's The Count of the Saxon Shore is a historical romance set in the unsettled Britain of the late Roman Empire, when imperial authority is weakening and the island faces pressure from Saxon raiders, native resistance, and divided loyalties. Around the office of the Count of the Saxon Shore, Church constructs a narrative of military duty, political intrigue, religious conviction, and personal courage. The novel combines the adventure conventions of Victorian romance with painstaking classical and antiquarian reconstruction: Roman institutions, coastal defenses, provincial society, and the tensions between pagan tradition and Christianity all contribute to its atmosphere. Its prose is dignified, lucid, and morally purposeful, placing the work within the nineteenth-century tradition of historical fiction that used the ancient past to illuminate questions of national identity, civilizational decline, and ethical responsibility. Church was a distinguished English classical scholar, translator, and educator whose familiarity with Greek and Roman literature profoundly shaped his fiction. His scholarly engagement with antiquity enabled him to imagine Roman Britain not as a picturesque backdrop but as a complex frontier society, poised between cultures and political orders. The novel reflects his recurring interest in the encounter between classical civilization and emerging Christianity, as well as his preference for narratives in which historical crisis tests individual character. Readers interested in Roman Britain, Victorian historical fiction, and the literary uses of classical history will find this an absorbing and intellectually rewarding book. It offers vigorous adventure while inviting reflection on empire, cultural transition, faith, and the obligations of leadership.
Audiobook details
GenreHistorical Fiction, Action and Adventure
Length7 hrs 32 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 18, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1A Struggle for Rome (Vol. 1-3) (Annotated)
17XVI. The Great Temple
2I. A British Cæsar
18XVII. The British Village
3II. An Election
19XVIII. The Picts
4III. A Prize
20XIX. The Siege
5IV. The Villa in the Island
21XX. Cedric in Trouble
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6V. Carna
22XXI. The Escape
7VI. The Saxon
23XXII. A Visitor
8VII. A Pretender's Difficulties
24XXIII. The Stranger's Story
9VIII. The News in the Camp
25XXIV. News From Italy
10IX. The Departure of the Legions
26XXV. Consultation
11X. Dangers Ahead
27XXVI. Farewell!
12XI. The Priest's Demand
28XXVII. Martianus
13XII. Lost
29XVIII. A Rival
14XIII. What Does It Mean?
30XXIX. An Unexpected Arrival
15XIV. The Pursuit
31XXX. At Last
16XV. The Pursuit (Continued)
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