The Death of Kings (Emperor, Book 2)

The Death of Kings (Emperor, Book 2)

From the author of the bestselling The Dangerous Book for Boys
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â€œBrilliantâ€¦stunning,â€ raved the Los Angeles Times about Conn Igguldenâ€™s first novel, Emperor: The Gates of Rome. â€œIggulden is a grand storyteller,â€ declared USA Today. Now Iggulden returns to the landscape of ancient Rome and the life of Julius Caesar in a new novel filled with all the sumptuous storytelling that distinguished his first book. Sweeping from the windswept, pirate-ruled seas to the stifling heat of the Roman senate, Iggulden takes us further down the path to glory as Julius Caesar comes into his own as a man, warrior, senator, husband, leader.

In a sweltering, sparsely settled region of North Africa, a band of disheveled soldiers turn their eyes toward one man among them. Ragged, dirty, and half starved, the men will follow their leader into the mad, glorious fight for honor and revenge that only he wants to fight. Their leader is named Julius Caesar. The soldiers are Roman legionaries. And their quarry is a band of pirates who made the mistake of seizing Julius Caesarâ€”and holding him for ransom. Now, to get his revenge, Caesar will turn peasants into soldiers, building a shipborne fighting force that will not only decimate a pirate fleet but will dominate the Mediterranean, earning him the coveted title Military Tribune of Rome.

While Caesar builds a legend far from Rome, his friend Gaius Brutus is fighting battles of another sort, rising to power in the wake of the shocking assassination of a dictator. Once Brutus and Caesar were as close as brothers, both devoted to the same ideals and attracted to the same forbidden woman. Now, when Caesar returnsâ€”with the winds of glory at his backâ€”they will find themselves at odds. For each has built an army of elite warriorsâ€”Caesarâ€™s forged in far-flung battles, Brutusâ€™ from Romeâ€™ s political killing fields. But in an era when men die for their treachery and their allegiances, the two men will soon be united by a shock wave from the north. There, a gladiator named Spartacus is gathering strength, building an army of seventy thousand desperate slavesâ€”to fight a cataclysmic battle against Rome itself.

Filled with unforgettable imagesâ€”from the death throes of a king to the birth of Caesarâ€™s child, from the bloody battlefields of Greece to the silent passion of loversâ€”Emperor: The Death of Kings is an astounding work, a stunning blend of vibrant history and thrilling fiction.

Country	USA
Author	Conn Iggulden
Binding	Hardcover
Brand	Iggulden, Conn
EAN	9780385336628
Edition	1st
ISBN	0385336624
Label	Delacorte Press
Manufacturer	Delacorte Press
MPN	9780385336628
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	480
PartNumber	9780385336628
PublicationDate	2004-03-02
Publisher	Delacorte Press
ReleaseDate	2004-03-02
Studio	Delacorte Press

The Death of Kings (Emperor, Book 2)

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