Ross Leckie's imaginative recreation provides the most satisfying answers. It is a wonderful story . . . Here is a book which carries scholarship with an admirably light touch. He is presently preparing a sequel, Scipio. It is eagerly awaited The Scotsman.

A battle is like just. The frenzy passes. Consequence remains." Such are the observations made and ill-gotten lessons learned in this fic tional autobiographical narrative of breathtaking range and power.Ross Leckie not only presents a vivid re-creation of the great strug gle o.f the Punic wars and the profoundly bloody battle for Rome,but succeeds in bringing the almost mythical figure of Hannibal to life. Introspective, educated on the Greeks, but steeped in animus for Rome, Hannibal has never been presented quite like this.

 Prologue

I  Carthage

II  Mercenaries

III  Spain

IV  Command

V   War

VI  March

VII  Italy

VIII Delay

IX  Defeat

X   Death

 Epilogue