Emperor (Baxter novel)

{{short description|2006 novel by Stephen Baxter}}

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| name = Emperor

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| image = File:EmperorBaxterNovel.jpg

| caption = First edition

| author = Stephen Baxter

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| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| series = Time's Tapestry

| genre = Alternate history, science fiction

| publisher = Gollancz

| release_date = July 2006

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| media_type = Print (Hardcover Paperback)

| pages = 302

| isbn = 0-575-07432-9

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| followed_by = Conqueror

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Emperor is a science fiction novel by British writer Stephen Baxter, the first in his alternate history series Time's Tapestry. It was first published in 2006 by Gollancz, and later published in the United States by Ace Books in 2007.{{Cite web |last=Patzer |first=Mirella |date=February 2007 |title=Emperor |url=https://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/emperor/ |access-date=19 December 2024 |publisher=Historical Novel Society}}{{Cite web |date=15 November 2006 |title=EMPEROR |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/stephen-baxter/emperor-2/ |access-date=19 December 2024 |website=Kirkus Reviews}}

Synopsis

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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