When the Eagle Hunts
- Published
- 5 August 2002
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN-13
- 9780747272847
- Type
- novel
About this book
When the Eagle Hunts is the 3rd book in the Eagles of the Empire series, written by Simon Scarrow, published in August 2002 at 288 pages. In the reading order it follows The Eagle's Conquest and precedes The Eagle and the Wolves.
Key facts about When the Eagle Hunts
When the Eagle Hunts is a novel by Simon Scarrow. Readers have had it since 5 August 2002. It runs to 288 pages.
Our list holds 3 editions of When the Eagle Hunts. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780747272847 to find the main one.
When the Eagle Hunts is book 3 of 24 in the Eagles of the Empire series. The series has 24 published books. However, the series starts with Under the Eagle (2000). Tyrant of Rome is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 6 November 2025.
Additionally, Simon Scarrow writes The Wellington and Napoleon Quartet, Gladiator and CI Schenke as separate series. Those series sit on our historical fiction, young adult historical fiction and historical thriller shelves. Meanwhile, Warlord of Britannia is the latest published Simon Scarrow book on file, from 21 May 2026.
About Simon Scarrow
Simon Scarrow is a British author of historical military fiction, best known for the Eagle series (also published as the Eagles of the Empire), which follows two Roman soldiers, the freeborn officer Macro and the well-born but initially inexperienced Cato, through campaigns across the early Roman Empire, beginning with the invasion of Britain in Under the Eagle. See every Simon Scarrow book in order.
Its place in Eagles of the Empire
When the Eagle Hunts is book 3 in the Eagles of the Empire series. It follows The Eagle's Conquest. It is followed by The Eagle and the Wolves. See the full Eagles of the Empire reading order.
Simon Scarrow's Eagles of the Empire novels follow two Roman soldiers of the invasion army that conquers Britain under Emperor Claudius: Macro, a battle-hardened centurion risen from the ranks, and Cato, a clever, reluctant recruit who starts the series as Macro's optio and rises over the books to command legions of his own. Beginning with the invasion of Britain in AD 43, the series follows the pair across the length and breadth of the Roman Empire — Britain, Judea, Egypt, Syria, Spain, Rome itself — through…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780755331246
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780312305369
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781429980326