Wallace Breem

Wallace Breem (1926–1990) was a British librarian and author, the Librarian and Keeper of Manuscripts of the Inner Temple Law Library at his death, but perhaps more widely known for his historical novels, including the classic Eagle in the Snow (1970).

Novels

• Eagle in the Snow (Gollancz 1970, Sphere 1971), republished 2002, 2003, 2004.

:This classic has been described as the most powerful work of English historical fiction. It is set on Hadrian’s Wall and around Mainz (Moguntiacum), and dramatizes the events leading up to the Germanic crossing of the frozen Rhine at the end of 406CE. The main character, Maximus, together with Quintus and many other details from the book, inspired the opening sequence of the film Gladiator, which won five Academy Awards in 2001.

Related Topics:
406 - ''Gladiator'' - Academy Awards

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• The Legate’s Daughter (Arrow Books 1975), republished 2004.

:A political intrigue, set in Rome and North Africa in 24/23BCE.

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• The Leopard and the Cliff (St. Martin's Press 1978).

:A military adventure, set in India in 1919.

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