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Written in the form of extracts from his own journal and letters, 'Emperor' recounts the life of the Roman Emperor Constantine in AD 312 as he crosses the Alps to take Rome from the tyrant Maxentius It summons up the Roman world of two thousand years ago, the everyday life of soldiers on campaign and the intrigues at court But it is also the story of a man's loss of faith in God and in human love