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Although not brothers, the boys are raised together and trained in the arts of war. With the brutal death of Gaius’s father in a slave revolt, the boys take up residence with Gaius’s uncle Marius, a consul who is a leading contender for control of the Republic.
Lion | Conn Iggulden | 9780241513125 | NetGalley Lion | Conn Iggulden | 9780241513125 | NetGalley
Iggulden draws the Greek world convincingly and he is strongest writing battle scenes' THE TIMES on the Golden Age series A reviewer forPublishers Weeklyrecognized that “Iggulden has a solid grounding in Roman military history,” but found that “anachronisms in speech and attitude roll underfoot and trip up authenticity.”There are a total of 5 novels under this series. The series is all aboutGenghis Khanand his successors, set during the time of theMongol conquestof the 12th and 13th centuries. THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS While Iggulden is not shy to admit that he took some liberties with the historical record, Brad Hooper, writing inBooklistfound thatEmperor: The Gates of Rome“casts authentically detailed light on the early years of the great Roman general and statesman Julius Caesar.” CONQUEROR SERIES Lion covers the ten or so years following the withdrawal of the Persians from Greece. Its heroes are the young Athenian general Cimon and Xanthippus’ son Pericles, beginning to make his way in public life. It is a well written, generally exciting adventure story, achieved without major insult to the historical record. The master historical storyteller. This swords-and-sandals epic brings the ancient world to life' DAILY EXPRESS We follow Pericles through his early adulthood, as he seeks to carve himself out a reputation to match his fathers in Athens. He fights in the fleet under the command of Cimon, a man who is both a friend and a rival to him. Together they capture the island of Cyprus, a bitter contest in which Pericles is wounded.
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That brings me to my other big problem with this book. I'm fairly sure it was written originally as two stories and glued together because they weren't long enough. It's unusual for me not to rave enthusiastically about a Conn Iggulden novel, but to me this was not nearly his best effort.To make his own name he must prove himself in the liar's den of Athenian politics: pitting wits against friends, sceptics, enemies.
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In this third book of Iggulden’s series, we follow the early career of Pericles, son of Xanthippus. Much of it is imagined as little is known of Pericles’ early life and many of the events of this period were unrecorded until much later. His generation followed in the footsteps of those who fought at Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis and sought to emulate their heroes.Iggulden's debut book was The Gates of Rome, the first in a currently five-part series entitled Emperor. The series is based around the life of Julius Caesar, from childhood ( The Gates of Rome) to his eventual betrayal and death ( The Gods of War). The film option has been sold to Spitfire Productions (an Intermedia company). I am conscious that the above paragraph reads like faint praise. The truth is that, despite its readability, I have problems with the plot and characterisation. First, the clear and obvious hero of the book is Cimon, who steals every scene in which he appears. Pericles pales into insignificance in his presence. The story flags when Cimon is not present. Second, Pericles himself comes over as shallow and impetuous, nothing like how I might envisage the historical figure. True, he is young and inexperienced, but Cimon although not much older is a successful leader of men. Then there are the cardboard cut-out villains, Attikos (fictional) and Ephialtes (historical). Finally there is the entirely implausible love affair and marriage of Pericles to the unsuitable Thetis, the captive concubine of a pirate from Scyros. I just cannot conceive that this could possibly have occurred in the Athens of the aristocratic Pericles. This book follows, Pericles, who is also referred to “The First Citizen of Athens”, from a young man for the period of about a decade. Being eager to please and impress his father, Xanthippus, we see him grow into a reputable leader and strategist. He is a complex and flawed character, so to watch his development is exciting. His English was refined at the University of London. For seven years, he was an English teacher at Haydon School where he later became the head of English department. He let go of the teaching career and wrote his first novel, The Gates of Rome. Conn Iggulden is well-known for writing historical fiction books. He was born in 1971 to an English father and an Irish mother. He attended St. Martins School located in Northwood before transferring to Merchant Taylor’s School.
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