The memoirs of Hannibal, the Carthaginian general. He reflects on war, gives the inside story on his winter crossing of the Alps with the elephants, explains how he defeated his Roman counterpart, Scipio Africanus, and describes his romance with Similce, his Spanish wife. A first novel by a British writer.

Maps of Hannibal's invasion route and major battles of Hannibal's Italina campaign on endpapers.