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The Death of Kings (Emperor, #2)

Conn Iggulden
4.30/5 (16869 ratings)
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The first book in Conn Iggulden's highly impressive Emperor series, The Gates of Rome, marked the author out as one of the most accomplished practitioners of the sweeping historical novel.

The second book, The Death of Kings, creates another panoply of the Ancient World with the young Caesar serving onboard a war galley in the dangerous tempest-tossed waters of the Mediterranean. Achieving a striking victory with his already fully formed intellect and forceful personality, things suddenly turn disastrous for him when he is captured by pirates and imprisoned on the North Coast of Africa. But Caesar knows he is not fated to end his prospects here, and uses his charisma and leadership abilities to forge a lean and lethal squadron of warriors who break out of captivity and find themselves involved in a bloody uprising in Greece. And, inevitably, Caeser is soon back on his way to Rome for another encounter that will have tremendous consequences both for him and his fellow Romans. Iggulden's skills are many and varied: he is well aware that narratives such as this must have an irresistible forward impetus, and that's maintained with an inexorable control here. And he knows that the reader must constantly have the details of these fabulous ancient times conjured afresh throughout the book--but never at the expense of the trajectory of the story.

The author's key achievement, though, is in his laser-sharp characterisation of Caesar and those he encounters--and this is where the real splendour of The Death of Kings lies: Caesar is very much a man of his time, but the conjuring trick of allowing the modern reader to enter his psychology is always handled with quiet assurance.
Format:
Pages:
531 pages
Publication:
2005
Publisher:
Dell Books
Edition:
Later Printing
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0440240956
ISBN13:
9780440240952
kindle Asin:
B000FC0ZEY

The Death of Kings (Emperor, #2)

Conn Iggulden
4.30/5 (16869 ratings)
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The first book in Conn Iggulden's highly impressive Emperor series, The Gates of Rome, marked the author out as one of the most accomplished practitioners of the sweeping historical novel.

The second book, The Death of Kings, creates another panoply of the Ancient World with the young Caesar serving onboard a war galley in the dangerous tempest-tossed waters of the Mediterranean. Achieving a striking victory with his already fully formed intellect and forceful personality, things suddenly turn disastrous for him when he is captured by pirates and imprisoned on the North Coast of Africa. But Caesar knows he is not fated to end his prospects here, and uses his charisma and leadership abilities to forge a lean and lethal squadron of warriors who break out of captivity and find themselves involved in a bloody uprising in Greece. And, inevitably, Caeser is soon back on his way to Rome for another encounter that will have tremendous consequences both for him and his fellow Romans. Iggulden's skills are many and varied: he is well aware that narratives such as this must have an irresistible forward impetus, and that's maintained with an inexorable control here. And he knows that the reader must constantly have the details of these fabulous ancient times conjured afresh throughout the book--but never at the expense of the trajectory of the story.

The author's key achievement, though, is in his laser-sharp characterisation of Caesar and those he encounters--and this is where the real splendour of The Death of Kings lies: Caesar is very much a man of his time, but the conjuring trick of allowing the modern reader to enter his psychology is always handled with quiet assurance.
Format:
Pages:
531 pages
Publication:
2005
Publisher:
Dell Books
Edition:
Later Printing
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0440240956
ISBN13:
9780440240952
kindle Asin:
B000FC0ZEY

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