In the book Pride of Carthage, by David Anthony Durham, several perspectives are left out of the book to put the reader more into the shoes of the Barca family.
One way this is accomplished is by not giving perspectives of the Roman people. The Romans as a whole people, the poor and rich, of all jobs, do not have a perspective in the book so far. This is a point of view that I think is often represented, but I believe the author chose not to include it in Pride of Carthage to make it more in the shoes of the Barca family. For example, Hannibal would not know how the people would respond to his victory at the Trebbia, because he was not in Rome. By not showing the perspective of the Roman people, you are led to be in the shoes of Hannibal because you are forced to come to your own conclusions about what is happening inside of Rome and her cities at the time.
Another way that the author puts you into the shoes of the Barca family is not showing very much of the Roman Army. This is a perspective I think is used very often. When the author chooses not to include it very often, the effect is that the author limits your knowledge to about the same as what the Carthaginians knew at the time. When the author includes a Roman perspective, it's always when Hannibal is always near the army, or the intention of the army is clear. Because this perspective is not very prominent whatsoever, you are forced to listen to the perspective of Hannibal and his army more often. For example, one time where the Roman perspective is used is at the battle of Cannae. In this situation, Hannibal knew everything the author revealed to readers about the Romans- so you are put into the situation where you essentially have to think "Hannibal already knows this- I don't really know anything more than he does about the situation".
In the book, there are many perspectives. There are 3 or 4 from Hannibal's army, 1 or 2 from Carthage itself, and 1 or 2 others depending on the time in the book. This is an interesting craft move, and when none or 1 out of 6 or 7 perspectives at any one point is a Roman one, you really see how the author wants to "black out" what the Romans are doing. This really becomes evident when the other perspectives have so much variety- There are perspectives from Hannibal, soldiers in the army, camp followers, generals, and family, so you are sucked deeply into the perspectives of these Carthaginians. You are allowed much more time to connect with the characters on one side, and very little time at all with the Romans. The effect of more Carthaginian perspective than Roman is that you end up in the Carthaginians' shoes.
All in all, the multi-perspective craft in the book forces you into the Carthaginians' shoes. The Roman people are deprived of their perspective almost completely, and the Roman army only has enough to show you what Hannibal already knows. The fact that you're in Carthaginian shoes almost all of the time is put their to force you to emphasize with the Carthaginian Characters, who the book is based on.
