He is also the author of six other adventure novels, several nonfiction works on the environmental history of the Pacific Northwest, and a contributor to several books. Hadrian’s Wall was more about the story of Valeria and her romances than about the times and surroundings, which were more balanced in the other two novels. William Dietrich is a NY Times bestelling author of the Ethan Gage series of eight books which have sold into 28 languages. He eventually does capture her (with Galba’s hidden assistance) and takes her back with him to live.Īlthough I did enjoy this novel, it did not possess as much history, locale and cultuer as Bill’s other historical fiction novels, Napolean’s Pyramids and The Scourge of God. Valeria is almost kidnapped before her marriage by Arden Caratacus, a Celt and former Roman who lives beyond the Wall in the wild north. Pulitzer-winning journalist William Dietrichs ninth book (last novel: Hadrians Wall) is a rollicking historical mystery set in 1798 France and Egypt. Marcus is replacing Galba Brassidias, a career Roman soldier who has spent his life at the wall and resents being replaced for political reasons by someone with less experience. /rebates/2fbook-search2ftitle2fhadrians-wall2fauthor2fwilliam-dietrich2f&. Stretching over seventy milesto divide the island, Hadrians Wall has maintained the security of the Roman Empires northern outpost for more than two. 122, he used stone, wood, and iron to shield Roman Britannia forever from the unconquered Celtic barbarians. Valeria, a Roman senator’s daughter, is sent to marry Marcus Flavius, who is named Tribune at Hadrian’s Wall (built by Roman Emperor Hadrian to keep the barbarians out of the Roman part of Britain) because of this arranged marriage to Valeria. When the Roman emperor Hadrian first envisioned the awesome edifice in A.D. Dietrich researchs the geographical areas and history of where/what he is writing about, and combines fictional characters with historical. As with his other works of historical fiction, Mr.

Hadrian’s Wall by William Dietrich mixes the culture of a declining Roman empire with the “barbaric” non-Romans of early Britain (Celts, Scottis, etc.) in a love triangle (quadrangle) story. 4 stars: Historical fiction mixed with romance and historical speculation

Hadrian's Wall by William Dietrich