Author | Stephen Baxter |
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Language | English |
Series | Time's Tapestry |
Genre | Alternate history, science fiction |
Publisher | Gollancz |
Publication date | July 2006 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print (Hardcover Paperback) |
Pages | 302 |
ISBN | 0-575-07432-9 |
Followed by | Conqueror |
Emperor is a science fiction novel by British writer Stephen Baxter, the first in his alternate history series Time's Tapestry.
A mysterious prophecy from the future shapes the destiny of a family through four centuries of the Roman occupation of Britain. The story begins in 4 BC and incorporates such later events as the building of Hadrian's Wall and an attempted assassination of Constantine I. It ends in AD 418.