A gripping read from the master historical storyteller
Daily Express
Breakthtakingly good
Bernard Cornwell
Magnificent
The Times
Pacy and propulsive, cracking with energy, violence and stirring speeches, Iggulden chronicles power struggles, political machinations and the bloodthirsty ravages of up-close combat
Daily Mail
Deft and robust storytelling, that whips through the history with plenty of blood, guts and plot-twists
The Times
With merciless power and back-stabbing violence, this is an enticing trilogy
Woman's Weekly
About Conn Iggulden
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 and Inferno follow on from the Sunday Times bestselling Nero in Iggulden's most recent series.