Emperor

In AD 312, the Emperor Constantine crossed the Alps at the head of an army from the Rhineland and marched south to take Rome. This novel is an imaginative reconstruction of the dramatic weeks leading up to his triumph.Written in the form of memoirs of the various characters, Emperor covers Constantine the Great's march on Rome culminating in the battle at Milvan Bridge (312AD). The book centres on Constantine himself on the eve of his 'miraculous' conversion to Christianity, and his struggles during the campaign - religious, martial and marital. Published to coincide with the author's new book, To the Last City (Chatto, July 2002).