Emperor: The Death of Kings

Resumen del libro

The young Caesar must overcome enemies on land and at sea to become a battle-hardened leader in the spectacular new novel from the bestselling author of The Gates of Rome.

Forced to flee Rome, Julius Caesar is serving on board a war galley in the dangerous waters of the Mediterranean and rapidly gaining a fearsome reputation. But no sooner has he had a memorable victory than his ship is captured by pirates and he is held to ransom.

Abandoned on the north African coast after hard months of captivity, he begins to gather a group of recruits that he will eventually forge into a unit powerful enough to gain vengeance on his captors and to suppress a new uprising in Greece.

Returning to Rome as a hero and as an increasingly dangerous problem for his enemies Caesar is reunited with his boyhood companion Brutus. But soon the friends are called upon to fight as they have never fought before, when a new crisis threatens to overwhelm the city in the form of a rebellious gladiator named Spartacus

Biografía del autor

Conn Iggulden nació en Londres en 1971. Estudió Filología Inglesa en la Universidad de Londres y fue docente durante siete años, hasta que decidió dedicarse a la escritura de manera exclusiva. Irrumpió con fuerza en la escena literaria con sus novelas históricas, convirtiéndose en uno de los autores más leídos del momento. Sus libros combinan imaginación, historia y aventuras. Ha escrito sobre Gengis Kan y el Imperio Romano, entre otros temas. Vive en Hertfordshire con su esposa y sus hijos.