Beric the Briton
A Story of the Roman Invasion (Works of G. A. Henty)
About this book
Beric, a boy-chief of a British tribe, plays a prominent part in the insurrection under Queen Boadicea against the invading Roman legionnaires. He is ultimately captured and taken to Rome, where he is trained as a gladiator. After saving a Christian maid by slaying a lion in the arena, he is rewarded by being made librarian of the palace as well as the personal protector of Nero. Finally, he escapes, organizes a band of outlaws in Calabria, defies the power of Rome, and at length returns to Britain, where he becomes a wise ruler of his own people.
Subjects
- britons
- children: grades 4-6
- children's fiction
- conduct of life
- fiction
- fiction, historical, general
- fiction, war & military
- gladiators
- great britain, fiction
- great britain, history
- great britain, history, fiction
- history
- invasions
- invasions of great britain
- juvenile fiction
- roman invasion of britain
- soldiers
- young men