Tyrant
Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
Travel to the heart of a Roman dynasty beset by power struggles and betrayal in this latest chapter of the tale of NeroAVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW__________The boy Nero lives. His mother Agrippina has married her way to power, tangling the Emperor Claudius in her skirts.The emperor may have a son and heir of his own, but Agrippina sees no obstacles to her ambition.Rome is a path through a marsh, lit by torches. Those who walk it are always one step from disaster - and the road itself is treacherous, slippery with blood.Claudius may have the world at his feet, but he has Agrippina in his bed. __________PRAISE FOR CONN IGGULDEN'Breathtakingly good' Bernard Cornwell'Deft and robust storytelling, that whips through the history with plenty of blood, guts and plot-twists' The Times'Pacy and propulsive, cracking with energy, violence and stirring speeches, Iggulden chronicles power struggles, political machinations and the bloodthirsty ravages of up-close combat' Daily Mail'A master of the...
