R.W. Peake
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- Houston, Texas, USA
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- Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA
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- University of Houston. Honors College (B.A.|History)
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- Marine
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- The first adult author with whom RW Peake developed a long-term relationship was Louis L'Amour, whose body of work shaped RW's life philosophy.
After retiring from the Marines, RW proceeded to earn a BA in History from
the Honors College at the University of Houston.
Although RW wrote a novel as a kid, he didn't publish his first one until
age 50. In addition to soldiering, and before the tech bubble burst in 2000, he was a paper millionaire in the software industry.
A native Houstonian, RW recently relocated to the Olympic Peninsula of
Washington, where he lives with his yellow Lab, Sadie. [retrieved 4/30/2014 from Amazon author page]
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Marching With Caesar: Conquest of Gaul (Marching…
This was an excellent story in desperate need of an editor. While I thoroughly enjoyed the yarn about life in the legions from the standpoint of the ordinary solider, the clumsy syntax and sloppy grammar were a constant irritant. Notwithstanding, it says something for the quality of the story that I was spellbound through all 600 pages.
Did this book give you any new ideas about yourself? If people would set an example like Titus and complete everything to the best of their ability and make sure it was completed correctly, the world would be a better place.
What would the main character be likely to do if s/he visited? I can just picture Titus now, standing in his Legion uniform and armor. I wonder if he would try to run us thru with his sword or consider everyone witches with all the different gadgets around. I can see him attacking the phone as it rings. – hold on be right back this is to funny.
If you were in a problem situation like one in the book, how would you have acted? I can tell you I would not have handled any problem like Titus. I would not have even come close to handling problems as he did. Titus was a great diplomat.
What lesson did you learn from the story? No everything is as it appears. As with all wars there is loss and gain. The winner is never determined by who won the battle.
Disclosure: I received a review copy of this book from the author.… (mere)
What would the main character be likely to do if s/he visited? I can just picture Titus now, standing in his Legion uniform and armor. I wonder if he would try to run us thru with his sword or consider everyone witches with all the different gadgets around. I can see him attacking the phone as it rings. – hold on be right back this is to funny.
If you were in a problem situation like one in the book, how would you have acted? I can tell you I would not have handled any problem like Titus. I would not have even come close to handling problems as he did. Titus was a great diplomat.
What lesson did you learn from the story? No everything is as it appears. As with all wars there is loss and gain. The winner is never determined by who won the battle.
Disclosure: I received a review copy of this book from the author.… (mere)
Did you like the way the story ended? The ending felt perfect. Everything wrapped up nicely.
What did you think was the most interesting part of the book? Why? The most interesting part. Well, let’s just say I found nothing I did not find interesting in this book.
What did you enjoy about this book? The amazing amount of information provided. It is nice to know the author did not cut out any relevant information to make the book shorter.
Was this a page-turning book? Everyone one has a different idea of a page-turning book. For me, yes I kept turning the pages (losing sleep) just because I wanted to know what happened next.
Disclosure: I received a review copy of this book from the author.… (mere)
Published 2012, Smashword Edition, 652 pages
Marching with Caesar is the historical fiction story of Titus Pullus, as dictated to his scribe and companion, told from a legionary’s point-of-view commencing when Titus is 16 and determined to enter Rome’s legions.
It is his sole dream, one that is nourished by his brother-in-law, Cyclops, a former legionary, who trains Titus and his best friend, Vibius, for a military career.
Titus Pullus is a big boy, standing over 6 feet tall and heavily muscled. This size is both a downfall and a blessing. The downfall is his father despises him because his mother died giving birth to such a large baby. The blessing becomes apparent when he becomes a soldier in the ranks of the legions, although it does make him a target for the enemy who want to kill such a large foe.
Fortunately, for Titus, he has two loving sisters and a slave couple who raised him. Yet, this is not enough to protect him entirely from his father’s hatred. Residing on a fallow farm with his alcoholic father, Titus fantasizes about the day he can leave forever.
Although he is underage by one year, the promise of never seeing his son again and a belly full of booze convinces his father to swear to officials Titus is 17 years old, the minimum age Rome legions will accept tiros for training.
Titus is smug and full of pride at his size and his fighting capabilities. His time with Cyclops has him convinced he knows pretty much all there is becoming a legionnaire. His smugness quickly evaporates the first day when harshly disciplined by his superior for minor infractions.
Rome’s strength was the absolute obedience of its legions regardless of whether they agreed with commands. Titus, Vibius and their tent mates complete their intensive training and are now ready for action under their new Praetor, Gais Julius Caesar, in the newly raised 10th Legion. Caesar will rely heavily on the 10th Legion in the years and campaigns to come.
Marching with Caesar is 652 pages long. Fortunately, Caesar was a busy, ambitious man building an empire. In conquering such an empire, Caesar is forced to repeatedly subdue tribes in Gaul bent on rebelling against Rome’s rule.
Marching with Caesar details the daily lives of legionnaires, complete with the killing lust, comradeship, vulgarities (Peake has a glossary of Latin terms, a few of which made me laugh out loud), harsh punishments dealt for infractions and the joy of victories. Peake makes no excuses for actions that would be viewed as atrocities, in that day and today. It was what it was.
I won’t go into any detail of the plot, as to do so would contain spoilers.
Marching with Caesar is not just a man’s book. Peake captivated me throughout this entire epic work. I marched in the mud, huddled in wet misery, dug trenches, brutally killed enemies and massacred villages, buried bodies, built and destroyed Roman camps with incredible efficiency, was the enemy’s target, lost and loved with Titus. I was present at his every move compliments of Peake’s superior prose.
My recommendation is to read the foreword. It contains vital information which assists in understanding military operations, formation of legions and ranks.… (mere)
Marching with Caesar is the historical fiction story of Titus Pullus, as dictated to his scribe and companion, told from a legionary’s point-of-view commencing when Titus is 16 and determined to enter Rome’s legions.
It is his sole dream, one that is nourished by his brother-in-law, Cyclops, a former legionary, who trains Titus and his best friend, Vibius, for a military career.
Titus Pullus is a big boy, standing over 6 feet tall and heavily muscled. This size is both a downfall and a blessing. The downfall is his father despises him because his mother died giving birth to such a large baby. The blessing becomes apparent when he becomes a soldier in the ranks of the legions, although it does make him a target for the enemy who want to kill such a large foe.
Fortunately, for Titus, he has two loving sisters and a slave couple who raised him. Yet, this is not enough to protect him entirely from his father’s hatred. Residing on a fallow farm with his alcoholic father, Titus fantasizes about the day he can leave forever.
Although he is underage by one year, the promise of never seeing his son again and a belly full of booze convinces his father to swear to officials Titus is 17 years old, the minimum age Rome legions will accept tiros for training.
Titus is smug and full of pride at his size and his fighting capabilities. His time with Cyclops has him convinced he knows pretty much all there is becoming a legionnaire. His smugness quickly evaporates the first day when harshly disciplined by his superior for minor infractions.
Rome’s strength was the absolute obedience of its legions regardless of whether they agreed with commands. Titus, Vibius and their tent mates complete their intensive training and are now ready for action under their new Praetor, Gais Julius Caesar, in the newly raised 10th Legion. Caesar will rely heavily on the 10th Legion in the years and campaigns to come.
Marching with Caesar is 652 pages long. Fortunately, Caesar was a busy, ambitious man building an empire. In conquering such an empire, Caesar is forced to repeatedly subdue tribes in Gaul bent on rebelling against Rome’s rule.
Marching with Caesar details the daily lives of legionnaires, complete with the killing lust, comradeship, vulgarities (Peake has a glossary of Latin terms, a few of which made me laugh out loud), harsh punishments dealt for infractions and the joy of victories. Peake makes no excuses for actions that would be viewed as atrocities, in that day and today. It was what it was.
I won’t go into any detail of the plot, as to do so would contain spoilers.
Marching with Caesar is not just a man’s book. Peake captivated me throughout this entire epic work. I marched in the mud, huddled in wet misery, dug trenches, brutally killed enemies and massacred villages, buried bodies, built and destroyed Roman camps with incredible efficiency, was the enemy’s target, lost and loved with Titus. I was present at his every move compliments of Peake’s superior prose.
My recommendation is to read the foreword. It contains vital information which assists in understanding military operations, formation of legions and ranks.… (mere)
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