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The Trader Series: Book 1

Tyrant

Nero

Empire

Lion

Protector

Book One in the Athenian series

The Gates of Athens

The Houses of Lancaster and York are waging their infamous dynastic war. With the infant king Henry VI and his fiery wife Margaret of Anjou on one side and Richard Duke of York and his sons on the other, this lengthy power struggle transformed Britain, and Conn Iggulden has transformed this history. 
 
The Wars of the Roses series is a four part epic.

The Wars of the Roses (Book 1)

Stormbird

The Falcon of Sparta

One Man. Seven Kings. England's Bloody Throne.

Dunstan

Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses (Book 3)

Bloodline

The Wars of the Roses (Book 2)

Trinity

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Iggulden is in a class of his own when it comes to epic, historical fiction

Conn breathes new life into the darkest and most dramatic of times, with a flair for both the huge scale and human interest of it all

Rise of the Tudors

This novel from bestselling author Conn Iggulden is the fourth book in the critically acclaimed Wars of the Roses series. Following Stormbird, Trinity and Bloodline this novel will continue through the brutal Civil War that we now know as the Wars of the Roses.

England, 1470. 
 
A kingdom divided against itself cannot stand. 
 
The Yorkist king Edward IV is driven out of England, his wife and children forced to seek sanctuary from the House of Lancaster. Yet rage and humiliation prick Edward back to greatness. He lands at Ravenspur, with a half-drowned army and his brother Richard at his side. Though every hand is against them, though every city gate is shut, they have come home. The brothers York will not go quietly into banishment. 
 
Instead, they choose to attack. 
 
Yet neither Edward nor Richard realize that the true enemy of York has yet to reveal himself. Far away, Henry Tudor has become a man. He is the Red Dragon - 'the man of destiny' who seeks to end the Wars of the Roses. His claim will carry him to Bosworth Field. 
 
There will be silence and the mourning of queens. There will be self-sacrifice and terrible betrayals. Two royal princes will be put to death. There will be an ending -- and a new royal house will stand over them all. 
 
 
Praise for Conn Iggulden's Wars of the Roses series: 
 
'A tough, pacy chronicle of bloody encounters, betrayals and cruelties. Superb' Daily Mail 
 
'Iggulden is a master storyteller and makes our blood flow faster' Sunday Express 
 
'Iggulden breathes new life into the darkest and most dramatic of times, with a flair for both the huge scale and human interest of it all' Star 
 
'Pacey and juicy, and packed with action' Sunday Times 
 
'Iggulden is in a class of his own when it comes to epic, historical fiction' Daily Mirror 
 
'Absorbing and bloody' The Times 
 
'One of our finest historical novelists' Daily Express

CONN IGGULDEN is one of the most successful authors of historical fiction writing today, with bestselling series on Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan and the Wars of the Roses, as well as two stand-alone novels: Dunstan, set in the red-blooded world of tenth-century England and The Falcon of Sparta, in which Iggulden returns to the Ancient World. Both instalments of his Athenian series, The Gates of Athens and Protector, and his recent Golden Age series, Lion and Empire, are Sunday Times bestsellers. Tyrant follows on from the Sunday Times bestselling Nero in Iggulden's most recent series

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Iggulden is in a class of his own when it comes to epic, historical fiction

Superbly plotted and paced

Conn breathes new life into the darkest and most dramatic of times, with a flair for both the huge scale and human interest of it all

Exceptionally well-written and gripping

Compelling reading

A page-turning thriller

Pacey and juicy, and packed with action

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