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(0)Conn Iggulden
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English
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For every boy from eight to eighty, covers essential boyhood skills such as building tree houses, learning how to fish, finding true north, and even answering the age-old question of what the big deal with girls is. In this digital age there is still a place for knots, skimming stones and stories of incredible courage. This book recaptures Sunday afternoons, stimulates curiosity, and makes for great father-son activities. The brothers Conn and Hal...
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Athenian novels (Conn Iggulden) volume 2
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Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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As the Persians once again return to reconquer the Greeks, Themistocles, the hero of Salamis, risks everything--his honor, friendships and his life--to protect his country.
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Athenian novels (Conn Iggulden) volume 1
Publisher
Pegasus Books, Ltd
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"In ancient Greece an army of slaves gathers on the plains of Marathon ... Under Darius the Great, King of Kings, the mighty Persian army--swollen by 10,000 warriors known as The Immortals--have come to subjugate the Greeks. In their path, vastly outnumbered, stands an army of freeborn Athenians. Among them is a clever, fearsome, and cunning soldier-statesman, Xanthippus. Against all odds, the Athenians emerge victorious. Yet people soon forget that...
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Golden age volume 2
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Pericles returns home more than a hero: he's the leader of Athens, the empire's beacon of light. But even during times of peace, the threat of Sparta--Athens's legendary rival--looms large on the horizon. When a sudden catastrophe brings Sparta to its knees, Pericles sees a golden opportunity to forever shift the balance of power in his city's favor. For sometimes, the only way to win lasting peace is to wage war. Sparta may be weak, but their power...
6) Stormbird
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Wars of the Roses volume 1
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
After gentle Henry VI takes the throne and is promised a royal bride from France, the rival royal line, the House of York, begins their quest to oust him. In 1437, after years of regency, the pious and gentle Henry VI, the Lamb, comes of age and accedes to the English throne. His poor health and frailty of mind render him a weakling king; Henry depends on his closest men, Spymaster Derry Brewer and William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, to run his kingdom....
7) Bloodline
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Wars of the Roses volume 3
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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"Winter 1461: Richard, duke of York, is dead--his ambitions in ruins, his head spiked on the walls of the city. King Henry VI is still held prisoner. His Lancastrian queen, Margaret of Anjou, rides south with an army of victorious northerners, accompanied by painted warriors from the Scottish Highlands. With the death of York, Margaret and her army seem unstoppable. Yet in killing the father, Margaret has unleashed the sons. Edward of March, now duke...
8) Conqueror
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Conqueror volume 5
Publisher
Bantam
Pub. Date
2013, ©2011
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English
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New York Times best-selling author Conn iggulden is hailed the world over for his gripping historical adventures. In Conqueror, he chronicles the rise of the feared Mongolian warlord Kublai Khan-grandson of the notorious Genghis Khan.
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Conqueror volume 4
Publisher
Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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"The Great Khan is dead?and his vast empire, forged through raw courage, tactical brilliance, and indomitable force, hangs in the balance. Now, with the sons of Genghis Khan maneuvering for supremacy, the very qualities that united the fierce Mongol tribes threaten to tear them apart. Genghis?s tough and canny heir, Ogedai, is on the verge of becoming the new Khan. Inexplicably, Ogedai has delayed his coronation to complete a project many deem a folly:...
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Emperor series volume 3
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
With prodigious imagination and a commanding knowledge of the history of ancient Rome, Conn Iggulden delivers an exhilarating reading experience in the pages of his Emperor series. Now, in the third and most action-packed Emperor novel to date, we are transported to Caesar's time once more as he and Marcus Brutus lead their legions far beyond the gates of Rome. But the pursuit of glory abroad will store up trouble for them at home, as Caesar's political...
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Emperor series volume 1
Publisher
Delta Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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Two boyhood friends, Gaius Marius and Marcus, now grown to manhood, are thrust into the grip of bitter conflict as every Roman prepares to take sides in the coming civil war between Sulla and Marius. Their friendship is further tested as they vie for the love of an extraordinary slave girl.
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Emperor volume 4
Publisher
Delta Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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Caesar must fight his toughest battle yet --with Rome itself. Julius Caesar, fresh from triumph in Britain and Gaul is marching on Rome with his legions of hardened veterans. His goal: to unseat Pompey, now dictator of the Empire. But waging war on your own people is never easy. And even after the city itself is taken and Caesar, Brutus, Mark Antony and Octavian re-enter in triumph, there are many battles left to fight. For across the Empire there...
14) Nero
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Series
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
20240524
Language
English
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From this New York Times bestselling author, the first novel in a new trilogy that finds Empress Agrippina and her young son, Nero, fending off ambitious rivals while shaping their own destiny-if Nero is to become the most feared and notorious emperor of them all.
The story begins with a hand curled around another man's throat.
This is Roman justice: Emperor Tiberius first dispatches a traitor-a friend he once trusted with the city-then the...