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Robert Fabbri

Author of Tribune of Rome

44 Works 959 Members 25 Reviews

About the Author

Robert Fabbri read Drama and Theatre at London University and has worked in film and TV for 25 years. He is an assistant director and has worked on productions such as Hornblower, Hellraiser, Patriot Games and Billy Elliot. His life-long passion for ancient history inspired him to write the show more Vespasian series. He lives in London and Berlin. show less

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The Italian editions of Robert Fabbri's books are published under the name Roberto Fabbri.

Series

Works by Robert Fabbri

Tribune of Rome (2011) 238 copies, 8 reviews
Rome's Executioner (2012) 112 copies, 2 reviews
False God of Rome (2012) 88 copies, 1 review
Rome's Fallen Eagle (2013) 80 copies, 1 review
Masters of Rome (2014) 62 copies, 1 review
Rome's Lost Son (2015) 62 copies
The Furies of Rome (2016) 39 copies
Rome's Sacred Flame (2018) 39 copies, 1 review
Arminius: The Limits of Empire (2017) 38 copies, 2 reviews
Emperor of Rome (Vespasian) (2019) 36 copies, 2 reviews
The Crossroads Brotherhood (2011) 22 copies, 3 reviews
The Racing Factions (2013) 10 copies, 1 review
The Dreams of Morpheus (2014) 9 copies, 1 review
Babylon (2023) 6 copies
The Alexandrian Embassy (2015) 6 copies
The Imperial Triumph (2017) 4 copies
De sterkste wint (2020) 3 copies
Vespasian 4-6 (2018) 2 copies
Forging Kingdoms (2023) 1 copy
The Succession (2018) 1 copy
Arminius 1 copy
En avant l'enfanfare ! (2001) 1 copy
Heilig vuur van Rome (2018) 1 copy

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Other names
Fabbri, Robert
Fabbri, Roberto
Birthdate
1961
Gender
male
Country (for map)
Switzerland
Education
London University
Christ's Hospital School, Horsham, Sussex
Disambiguation notice
The Italian editions of Robert Fabbri's books are published under the name Roberto Fabbri.

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Reviews

Good historical novel. Surprising achievement to have written 9 on the one man. Seems broadly accurate: the one event that seemed impossible turns out to be true: the historian Josephus did have a background as a militant rebel.
 
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jgoodwll | 1 other review | Oct 18, 2023 |
IL TRIBUNO (***)

Al di là dell’obliterazione dell’io cosciente…

Quando un uomo vede Roma per la prima volta e ne sente il potere, si rende conto di essere insignificante di fronte a una città così magnifica, e di avere solo due scelte: servirla o farsi annientare, perché ignorarla è impossibile.
(pagina 48)

E’ proprio vero: tempus fugit!

Vespasiano continuò ad avanzare massacrando senza pietà donne giovani e vecchie, belle e macilente; per lui non faceva differenza, Era pieno di odio e gelida furia. Quella che provava non era la frenetica esaltazione della battaglia. Era il risveglio del desiderio profondo, che ogni uomo serba in sé, di veder morire le persone non appartenenti alla sua tribù o al suo credo, sapendo di potersi sentire purificato soltanto con la loro morte.
(pagine 242 e 243)

IL GIUSTIZIERE DI ROMA (****)

Questo secondo volume migliora dal sopore da quando Vespasiano si reca all’isola di Capri per incontrare Tiberio.

Come riportato sulla copertina, condivido l’idea che Fabbri sia insuperabile nel raccontare le scene di azione, resta carente nel resto.

IL GENERALE DI ROMA (***)

Sei stato toccato dal Vento del Bennu e ti sei immerso nella luce del suo fuoco. Amun lo sa, e io ne sono stato testimone.

Cos’é il Bennu?

L’uccello sacro d’Egitto, la cui morte e rinascita segna la fine di un’epoca e l’inizio di una nuova. Un uomo che si sia immerso nella sua luce, e che abbia sentito il vento delle sue ali mentre sbattono per consentirgli di volare verso la città santa di Heliopolis e di fare il nido sull’altare di Ra, è destinato a svolgere un ruolo nella nuova epoca. Nella tua lingua, conosci questo uccello come la Fenice.


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NewLibrary78 | 1 other review | Jul 22, 2023 |
Tumelico:

"Io guardo al futuro, a un tempo a cui Roma inizierà il suo inevitabile declino, come hanno fatto tutti gli imperi prima d'ora."

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NewLibrary78 | Jul 22, 2023 |
Tribune of Rome
First in a series of novels telling the story of Vespasian's life.

I have read the author's novellas featuring Vespasian's sidekick before and so far I prefer them. Given the space to do so, he goes in for information dumps rather than world building. In just the first chapter, Vespasian entering a house gives the author the chance to tell us everything he knows about Roman country houses. When the family sets out for Rome, it's an excuse to tell us everything about domestic travel. And so on.

Also Vespasian is bit too precocious. He is 16 for most of this book, yet he is bossing Antonia (!) around when being smuggled out of her house.

It is an interesting take being rather grittier than most fiction set in Rome, so I will continue, but my patience is wearing a bit thin.

Rome's Executioner
DNF. Having read some of Fabbri's short stories I was under the impression this omnibus was going to be noirish mysteries but it turned out to be action adventure - a genre I can only take in small doses. I might have got further if I'd read this novel a decent interval after the first one, but trying to read the first three in the series in an omnibus was a mistake. It doesn't help that they seem to be curiously unmemorable, so even a week later I'm struggling with references in the second book to events in the first book. I'll probably read some more of Fabbri's short stories but skip the novels.
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Robertgreaves | 1 other review | Dec 1, 2022 |

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