The Rock

by John Masters

Book Overview

The story of the Rock of Gibraltar, told from a fictional point of view by taking various fictional characters and exploring a scene from their lives. It begins with prehistoric times and includes... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: B001NL8ON0
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS
• Length: 383 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.

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Contents:

Against the impressive fort which Gilbraltar has been through history, John Masters, has written an exciting, moving, and evocative novel. It is a novel of a place and the people who have inhabited it at times through the centuries. Here is Gilbraltar as seen through the eyes of Roman legionnaires, invading barbarian Goths, Moslem Moors, British occupiers and French would-be invaders, Spanish revolutionaries. The Rock is a novel which conveys a sense of historic destiny and a novel full of interesting stories about fascinating people.