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Bezig met laden... Emperor Death of the Kings (origineel 2004; editie 2004)door Conn Iggulden
Informatie over het werkDe ondergang van de heersers door Conn Iggulden (2004)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This was solid. The character development was good, and the story progressed well from the first book. I was left a bit curious about the level of factual accuracy - I wish the author had written another epilogue to talk through that like in the first book. The only negative is that the development of Caesar’s character itself was increasingly not detailed over the course of the book. ( ) Forzado a huir de Roma, Julio César sirve a bordo de una galera de guerra en las peligrosas aguas del Mediterráneo y pronto obtiene una temible reputación. Cuando apenas ha conseguido una victoria memorable, unos piratas capturan su barco y exigen un rescate. Después de duros meses de cautiverio es abandonado en la costa norte de África donde reúne un grupo de reclutas que forjará en una unidad suficientemente poderosa para vengarse de los que lo capturaron y para reprimir un nuevo alzamiento en Grecia. Aclamado como un héroe a su regreso a Roma y cada vez más temido por sus enemigos, César se reúne con Bruto, su compañero de niñez. Pronto los dos amigos son llamados a luchar como nunca antes lo han hecho, pero un nuevo peligro amenaza la ciudad en forma de un gladiador rebelde que lleva el nombre de Espartaco The second volume in this series focuses on betrayal, greed, rebellion and coming of age in a world of violence. The battle scenes with the slave rebellion of Spartacus are well done. You can feel the fatigue and desperation on both sides. However, a little more of that could have been added to the book. It seems that this book is considerably more fictionalized than others. This does not detract from the story. Well written and a good read. Book 2 in The Empire Series, starring Julius Caesar, and I am as excited with this one as I was the first. I have put aside my harsh punishment for author's who are not historically accurate. Iggulden engages me, and keeps me turning the pages late into the night. A lot of great battle scenes where Iggulden's writing sweeps you right onto the field. His dialogue is realistic, his characters fully matured. I loved it all! So glad this author has a resume of series on the board, I look forward to them all. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Caesar (2) Is opgenomen inEmperor Series (The Gates of Rome, The Death of Kings, The Field of Swords, The Gods of War, & The Blood of Gods) door Conn Iggulden Conqueror & Emperor 10 Books Collection Pack Set door Conn Iggulden (indirect)
Fiction.
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Thriller.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:From the author of the bestselling The Dangerous Book for Boys ??Brilliant?stunning,? raved the Los Angeles Times about Conn Iggulden??s first novel, Emperor: The Gates of Rome. ??Iggulden is a grand storyteller,? 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 Caesar??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 returns??with the winds of glory at his back??they will find themselves at odds. For each has built an army of elite warriors??Caesar??s forged in far-flung battles, Brutus?? from Rome?? 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 slaves??to fight a cataclysmic battle against Rome itself. Filled with unforgettable images??from the death throes of a king to the birth of Caesar??s child, from the bloody battlefields of Greece to the silent passion of lovers??Emperor: The Death of Kings is an astounding work, a stunn Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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