Coward-McCann, 1953, $?, ISBN: ?, 255 pages, hardback

Ol' dependable Felix Sempronius really stepped in it this time. Here he was, CFO of all of Britannia, circa 406 AD, and instead of dealing with taxes and finances, he's dealing with insurrection against the Roman Empire. Oh, it doesn't start that way, but is sure heads that ways. What's a career bureaucrat to do?

This interesting little novel, picked up at a library culling, dances and weaves like a version of I, Claudius except from a taxman's point of view. The prose is competent, the flavor of the period delectable, and the characters well defined and interesting.

Should you be in the mood for Roman politics, The Little Emperors will do nicely.

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