Name: Nero
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Author: Conn Iggulden
ISBN: 9781639366545

Type

Physical Book

Author

Conn Iggulden

Publisher

Pegasus Books

Language

English

Pages

416

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm

Weight

0.60 kg.

ISBN13

9781639366545

Synopsis "Nero"

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 man's whole family and all of his friends. It is as if he never existed. Into this fevered forum, a child is born. His mother is Agrippina, granddaughter of Emperor Augustus. But their imperial blood is neither balm nor protection. Rather, it is a liability. Blood is easily spilled or poisoned. So swiftly corrupted. As the aging, paranoid Tiberius becomes blind to the ignoble end awaiting him, Agrippina sees the future. Her once-exiled brother Caligula is next in succession, which brings her another step closer to the heart of the empire--to power, ambition, and danger. Every day she will face soldiers, senators, rivals, silver-tongued pretenders, each vying for position. One mistake risks exile, incarceration, execution. Or, worst of all, perhaps the loss of her infant son. Because Agrippina knows that, even in your darkest moments, opportunity rises. Her son is everything. She can make this boy, shape him into Rome itself--the man before whom all must kneel. But first, Agrippina and Nero must survive . . .

Conn Iggulden

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Conn Iggulden, cuyo nombre completo es Connor Iggulden, es un escritor británico nacido en Londres en 1971, reconocido por su especialización en novela histórica. Estudió Filología Inglesa en la Universidad de Londres y ejerció como profesor durante siete años antes de dedicarse por completo a la escritura. Su salto a la literatura se produjo con The Gates of Rome (2003), inicio de la exitosa serie Emperor, centrada en la figura de Julio César. Desde entonces, se ha consolidado como uno de los autores más leídos del género, combinando rigor histórico con narrativa épica y accesible.

Es autor de sagas como Conqueror, sobre Gengis Kan, y La Guerra de las Dos Rosas, además de novelas como El halcón de Esparta y Las puertas de Atenas. También coescribió The Dangerous Book for Boys junto a su hermano Hal, obra que fue un fenómeno editorial y ganó el British Book Award al Libro del Año. Su narrativa se caracteriza por el ritmo ágil, la reconstrucción histórica vívida y el enfoque en grandes figuras y momentos decisivos, acercando la historia a un público amplio.

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