The Capsarius
Legion XXII, Book 1
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The Capsarius
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Narrated by:
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Colin Mace
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By:
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Simon Turney
About this listen
Warrior and combat medic, Titus Cervianus, must lead a legion and quell the uprisings in Egypt in a new Roman adventure from Simon Turney. Egypt.
25 BC. Titus Cervianus is no ordinary soldier. A former surgeon from the city of Ancyra, he's now a capsarius—a combat medic. Cervianus is a pragmatist, a scientist and truly unpopular with his legion. The Twenty Second Deiotariana have been sent to deal with uprisings and chaos in Egypt. Yet the Twenty Second is no ordinary legion either. Founded as the private royal army of one of Rome's most devoted allies, the king of Galatia, their ways are not the same as the other legions, a factor that sets them apart and causes friction with their fellow soldiers.
Marching into the unknown, Cervianus will find unexpected allies in a local cavalryman and a troublesome lunatic. Both will be of critical importance as the young medic marches into the searing sands of the south, finding forbidden temples, dark assassins, vicious crocodiles and, worst of all, the warrior queen of Kush....
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Thank you Simon
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My only problem was with the narration. His voice is fine and he makes a reasonable effort to speak dialogue with different accents and tones so we know who's talking, although he falls short of the standards set by Peter Noble et.al.
What stands out is his long pauses almost always in the middle of the sentence where there shouldn't be a coma or full stop. They were prolific at the start.
of the book and really spoiled the listening experience. [Get my point?]. It was as if he was reading it for the first time and hadn't familiarised himself with the story or the writers style.
He got better, and I began to forget about his mistakes, but every now and again they would slip in again, distracting me from enjoying the story.
I began listening to ST's Marius's Mule series and stopped after three books because of that narrator, who made all the characters sound the same with a sneering contemptuous tone to their speech. It's a real shame because ST's knowledge of his subject is first class and his imagination also.
For all that, I've bought the second book in this series despite the same narrator; let's hope he's improved - a lot. Mick the Hick🫤
Good story; mediocre delivery.
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I agree that some of the narration pauses seem long & unnecessary, however they do not get in the way of the foundation of what could be an excellent series.
More please!!
Typical excellence!
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An excellent read
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Not a bad start
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I thought the narrator was excellent, the story was slow to start but Built and built, the detail is excellent,
Highly reccomended
Awsome
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Good listening
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Still I enjoyed the book thoroughly and look forward to the next in the series.
Another classic from Simon
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Interesting characters
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Overall the characters are interesting and quite likeable. They are grounded and not heroic in skill and ability, bar the very stubborn Centurions.
if you are looking for a book with a worms eye view of life as a Roman Legionnaire, this is it.
Roman military fiction at its finest.
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