Werner Manke

The Victorious Centurion (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

It was the time in history when Rome with its legions ruled much of the known world with an iron fist. Latinus Berinas, one of Rome's young centurions, had returned from his conquest of a Germanic tribe that had withstood the advance of Tiberius' army seventeen years earlier.

Now the streets of Rome were alive with throngs of jubilant people, young and old. They lined the steets to Capitoline Hill and Jupiter's temple in anticipation of seeing the centurion Latinus Berinas lead his troop of hundred of the empire's most accomplished wariors from the Field of Mars to Victory Square.

Latinus had risen quickly in rank to Legatus Legonis, the second highest rank to which a legionnaire could aspire. In campaigns he commanded ten cohorts, nearly seven thousand men. His fighting and strategic planning skills were envied by most officers of the highest rank. His men admired him. They trusted him with their life. Tiberius, the emperor, held him up as the ideal commander and rewarded him generously after each victorious campaign.

His future looked bright. He had riches and property. Antonia, a senator's beautiful daughter, loved him. No one doubted that he would lead other legions to victory in years to come. Yet, there were powerful men in Rome who devised secret schemes aimed at disgracing and crushing him. They saw his victories and the emperor's praise of his conquests a threat to their evil ambitions. While he defeated their wicked plots and remained victrorious, a man hanging on a cross, whose heart he pierced on a hill called Golgotha in far-off Israel, conquered his soul.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Werner Manke
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781393698517
• Artikelnr.: 58488721

Autorenporträt

If one had to describe W. H. Manke in five words the most appropriate words might be: He's passionate about many things.

Manke's family, faith and health rank at the top of his list. He enjoyed a career in education as teacher, principal and Director of Instruction, and retired after thirty years to have time to pursue other interests. The years in education taught him much about how humans learn. Day-to-day observations, common sense and a good deal of research gave him an understanding about what it takes for people to be successful. He holds a degree with concentrations in English and Education and a Master's degree in Educational Administration and Strategic Planning. Ask him what he enjoys doing since retirement he'll tell you, "Ranking at the top with other activities I love to watch my grandchildren at play, to read and to write. In the last few years I completed five full length novels, published two, and I've recently completed writing Storms over Hawking Manor, a sequel to the first novel I published, Secrets of Hawking Manor." The later book he edited and formatted at the end of 2014 for Smashwords' distribution to publishers and retailers that sell E-Books. He had also written a number of articles, short stories and many poems during those years.

When he is not near his grandchildren he might be found writing, researching or reading. He loves to play, coach and watch a number of sports that include soccer, hockey, skiing, fishing as well as collecting. He delights in the beauty of nature and the arts. Certain types of paintings and poems and the lyrics and melodies of some songs and hymns cause him to marvel at people's talents. He continues to study history. Ask him why he does, he will say, "We can make this a better world, if we consider the actions of individuals and countries of the past, good and bad, that history shows us and include that knowledge in our guidebook to roads not yet taken."

He believes humans are the crowning work of creation, sees each person as unique, one of a kind, priceless and able to achieve the greatest deeds as well as sink to the most hideous crimes. He believes our most urgent task is to guide all children to become compassionate, confident and informed citizen willing to take on the challenge to create a peaceful world where no child goes hungry.