Book of the Month

I took this from my Dad's bookshelf yesterday so don't ask me what I think about it yet. All I know is that what makes this series of (3?) novels different is the time setting, when the Roman Empire was just at about to be destroyed, and that the "hero" is a prince from one of the German tribes.
Really hope this is going to be a good read as the cover illustration isn't really inspiring me at the moment, but I have to remember "don't judge a book by its cover" and Sidebottom should know his stuff being a historian at Oxford.