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| Author | Stephen Baxter |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Time's Tapestry |
| Genre | Alternate history, science fiction |
| Publisher | Gollancz |
Publication date | July 2006 |
| 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.
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