''Emperor'' is a
science fiction novel by British writer
Stephen Baxter, the first in his
alternate history
Alternate history (also alternative history, althist, AH) is a genre of speculative fiction of stories in which one or more historical events occur and are resolved differently than in real life. As conjecture based upon historical fact, altern ...
series ''
Time's Tapestry''.
Synopsis
A mysterious prophecy from the future shapes the destiny of a family through four centuries of the
Roman occupation of Britain
Roman Britain was the period in classical antiquity when large parts of the island of Great Britain were under occupation by the Roman Empire. The occupation lasted from AD 43 to AD 410. During that time, the territory conquered was ...
. The story begins in 4 BC and incorporates such later events as the building of
Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian's Wall ( la, Vallum Aelium), also known as the Roman Wall, Picts' Wall, or ''Vallum Hadriani'' in Latin, is a former defensive fortification of the Roman province of Britannia, begun in AD 122 in the reign of the Emperor Hadrian. R ...
and an attempted assassination of
Constantine I
Constantine I ( , ; la, Flavius Valerius Constantinus, ; ; 27 February 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337, the first one to convert to Christianity. Born in Naissus, Dacia Mediterranea ...
. It ends in AD 418.
See also
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''Conqueror''
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''Navigator''
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''Weaver''
External links
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2006 British novels
British alternative history novels
British science fiction novels
Novels by Stephen Baxter
2006 science fiction novels
Novels set in Roman Britain
Victor Gollancz Ltd books
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