Show I V lEN THE REALM EM A Aid JL If i OF LIT LITERATURE Plot I 8 stimulates Early English Theme Altar of the Legion by t t him Bishop and Arthur Brodeur Big Effort By y HELEN GARRITY CARRITY the mighty clash of ot bur- bur ed shields glittering gUttering armor armor and hing lances chivalry has been in the old age-old battle freedom and Farnum Bishop Aithur tA thur Brodeur co-authors co of he e Itar of at the Legion have i created a prodigious novel Ignant nant subtle tremulous with hu- hu tn notion fashioning the stu- stu idous dous plot with masterly and erful dexterity ti half-forgotten half legend ift le has survived a vanished pl Pie The historical and geo- geo settings are presumably tlc but who chooses to be bel graphical when romance rides J Jh n a black stallion and silver silver- l oat oad d trumpets announce the fining pg ns of proud spirited warriors riD hI nebulous splendor of ot the Roman itic-Roman tlc Roman city Asa a Itar of ot the Legion ho st royal vestiges of Roman RomanI I i with Its gorgeous marble towering walls find mar mar- us' us paved highways were con- con led edlin in Asa the capital th thi this Christian nation of ot proud tic Romans The fierce Ger- Ger had already swept tr i Europe from the once om- om Elent Rome and Britain's own v ved d civilization was threatened by the Invading Saxons gArthur the valiant had nobly his nation but upon his Ith there remained only the last of a glorious race the race the NaI Nae Na- Na I e conic lc Drusus the Ro Roman Roman Roman-a an-a an a lul Ius of ot warfare mischievous prince of secretly impersonates sister and enacts the role of genen gen- gen en enoy OY conveying the earnest de- de of his father King Owain to st troops from Asa to tod tod d off of the Saxon danger in the th a hated wealthy slave of or the senate re- re aid after atter an embarrassing eXtremelY humorous incident at Roman Baths in which Niall I uc's Irish guardian threw through a through a window into a public obviously eTring the charming princess plots after atter the fashion villains Drusus the military e leaves with but a hundred ors and is stormed Just out- out the walls by a secretly Informed borde orde After discovering that g Waln has been killed and all 11 Britain conquered he returns h and proclaims himself r l' rih Stirring and colorful scenes 11 4 nd flash before the reader L the real Princess apr ap- ap r Drusus I Invents vents a strange non like war engine which hurls 1 and spears and with Ih je regains all of ot Britain and ruing to Legion Is Asa finds the jing ij stormed from within within- fl to the treachery of n the battle of battles battles- with the hon time of ot villains survives to be beIsh Ish d by the hero Uhe midst of the fray comes a earthquake and everyone I tilled Wied lI d but Drusus the tho princess few attendants The rhe sea Ing in buries Asa b betI be- be tI turbulent waters his last occurrence is too gl- gl tlc lly spectacular for word ex- ex sl si n but the descriptive pase pas- pas e ere re well written The motion ure nrc rights alone should be beth bethla th lb a a. fortune But Dut one fond of school of ot fiction 1 uld never miss this stirring tale j I book bk k form a masterpiece from 11 i Iq and gifted pens Little I Co |