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Tyrant

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Book One in the Athenian series

The Gates of Athens

The Houses of Lancaster and York are waging their infamous dynastic war. With the infant king Henry VI and his fiery wife Margaret of Anjou on one side and Richard Duke of York and his sons on the other, this lengthy power struggle transformed Britain, and Conn Iggulden has transformed this history. 
 
The Wars of the Roses series is a four part epic.

Rise of the Tudors

Ravenspur

The Wars of the Roses (Book 1)

Stormbird

The Falcon of Sparta

One Man. Seven Kings. England's Bloody Throne.

Dunstan

Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses (Book 3)

Bloodline

The Wars of the Roses (Book 2)

Trinity

Protector

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Brings war in the ancient world to vivid, gritty and bloody life. I'm blown away. Protector stand alongside the best of Mary Renault - an epic with the learning of the classics' 'Brings war in the ancient world to vivid, gritty and bloody life. I'm blown away. Protector stand alongside the best of Mary Renault - an epic with the learning of the classics

I was transported. I felt the Mediterranean sun on my face, smelled the sea on the air . . . Here is a master at work. There is no one better at this

An epic piece of historical fiction, full of political intrigue and vivid action, and so evocative of the world of ancient Greece. A novel of the highest quality

Bring[s] the Greco-Persian Wars to life in brilliant detail. Thrilling

Iggulden tells an absolutely cracking story...the pace is nail-biting and the set dressing magnificent

Iggulden is in a class of his own when it comes to epic, historical fiction

Breathes new life into the darkest and most dramatic of times

An absolutely cracking story. The pace is nail-biting and the set dressing magnificent

Peopled with characters so finely honed the story becomes a gripping and glorious legend. Brilliant!

Set in the bloody, brutal world of Ancient Persia, an age of ever-shifting loyalties and epic battles. Witness the rise and fall of the world's greatest empire. 
 
Praise for Conn Iggulden 
 
'One of our finest historical novelists' Daily Express 
 
'Iggulden is in a class of his own when it comes to epic, historical fiction' Daily Mirror

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THE LATEST ANCIENT EPIC IN THE NEW ATHENIAN SERIES FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF EMPEROR AND WAR OF THE ROSES 
 
TWO LEGENDARY BATTLES. 
ONE FEARLESS WARRIOR . . . 
 
Themistocles stands as an archon of Athens: the might of the city is his to command. Yet he is no nobleman, distrusted by many for his modest birthright. 
 
For his presumption. 
 
But those who stand against him cannot argue with two things: his victories as a warrior and the vast Persian force heading their way. 
 
And so Themistocles must fight. To survive the game of politics, to make his name, he must prove himself again and again in battle. On the sea. On land. In the arena of public opinion. 
 
His enemies are legion, his allies do not trust him and the Persians would corrupt him - but history belongs to the courageous . . . 
 
Readers are raving about The Gates of Athens, Book One in the ATHENIAN series: 
 
'What a brilliantly addictive read' 
 
'This author never fails to deliver!' 
 
'Another brilliant historical novel from the master of the craft' 
 
'It's like being on the battlefield' 
 
© Conn Iggulden 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

CONN IGGULDEN is one of the most successful authors of historical fiction writing today, with bestselling series on Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan and the Wars of the Roses, as well as two stand-alone novels: Dunstan, set in the red-blooded world of tenth-century England and The Falcon of Sparta, in which Iggulden returns to the Ancient World. Both instalments of his Athenian series, The Gates of Athens and Protector, and his recent Golden Age series, Lion and Empire, are Sunday Times bestsellers. Tyrant follows on from the Sunday Times bestselling Nero in Iggulden's most recent series

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I was transported. I felt the Mediterranean sun on my face, smelled the sea on the air . . . Here is a master at work. There is no one better at this

An epic piece of historical fiction, full of political intrigue and vivid action, and so evocative of the world of ancient Greece. A novel of the highest quality

Bring[s] the Greco-Persian Wars to life in brilliant detail. Thrilling

Praise for Conn Iggulden

Iggulden tells an absolutely cracking story...the pace is nail-biting and the set dressing magnificent

One of our finest historical novelists

Iggulden is in a class of his own when it comes to epic, historical fiction

Pacy...and packed with action

Breathes new life into the darkest and most dramatic of times

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