The Eagle and the Sun: An historical novel
Robert Alexander Benjamin Hamilton, 12th Baron Belhaven (1903-1961)
Category
Books
Date
1951
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chartwell, Kent
NT 3116264
Summary
Historical novel based on the Xth Legion of the Roman army. Set in the Arabian Peninsula around 25 BC, the story deals with the Roman expedition sent south to the Yemen. Legio X Fretensis ("Tenth legion of the Strait") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army. It was founded by the young Gaius Octavius (later to become Augustus Caesar) in 41/40 BC to fight during the period of civil war that started the dissolution of the Roman Republic. X Fretensis is then recorded to have existed at least until the 410s. Book gifted by: Lord Belhaven Book Inscription Signature: Belhaven Book Inscription: With the authors sincere respects & compliments. I hope you will enjoy this yarn of the Xth Legion Date of Inscription: Assumed circa 1951
Bibliographic description
272p. ; 8vo. Provenance: inscribed "With the authors sincere respects & compliments. I hope you will enjoy this yarn of the Xth Legion. Belhaven." Binding: publisher's yellow cloth.
Makers and roles
Robert Alexander Benjamin Hamilton, 12th Baron Belhaven (1903-1961)