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Forged in Rome

Tyrant

Nero

Empire

Lion

Protector

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

Inferno

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AD 60. Nero Claudius Caesar is Emperor. He is feared for his temper. He is known to be intoxicated by the power he wields. And why not? The Roman Empire stretches from the wilds of Britain to the deserts of Parthia. Nero is god of all he surveys. 
 
Yet dangerous traitors lie close at hand. Generals commanding legions. Senators whispering in corridors. The people cheer in the circus – but curse him in the streets. As word of Nero’s cruelties and corruption spreads, they spark trouble in the north – Queen Boudicca revolts – and the ever unruly Gauls rebel. 
 
Nero's empire is aflame. Rome – his city – is a tinderbox. Perhaps it is time for a cleansing fire. But no one, not even an emperor, can escape its touch . . .

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 The throne is never safe ... especially in Rome 
AD 60. Rome stands at the height of its power – glittering with wealth, drowning in intrigue. 
On Palatine Hill, Nero Claudius Caesar rules as Emperor, a young man adored for his beauty and brilliance, feared for his temper, intoxicated by his own power. His empire stretches from the wilds of Britain to the deserts of Parthia, yet his enemies are never far: generals who command legions, senators who whisper in corridors, a people who cheer him in the circus but curse him on the streets. 
Nero has learned that power is never shared, only seized. He has seen off enemies before, not least his mother, Agrippina. Yet now Boudicca, queen of the Iceni, leads a revolt in the North. Closer to home, Gaius Julius Vindex, Roman by office but Gallic by blood, denounces Nero’s corruption and declares open rebellion against the Emperor from Gaul. 
Rome is a city that devours its rulers. As the first sparks of revolt alight beyond its walls, an empire built on fire begins to burn from within . . .

AD 60. A young man stands alone on Palatine Hill. 
Inside him a fire burns . . . 
 
Nero Claudius Caesar is Emperor. 
Beautiful. Brilliant. But beloved? 
 
He is feared for his temper. 
He is known to be intoxicated by the power he wields. 
And why not? 
 
The Roman Empire stretches from the wilds of Britain to the deserts of Parthia. 
Nero is god of all he surveys. 
 
Yet dangerous traitors lie close at hand. 
Generals commanding legions. 
Senators whispering in corridors. 
The people cheer in the circus – but curse him in the streets. 
 
As word of Nero’s cruelties and corruption spreads, 
 they spark trouble in the north – Queen Boudicca revolts – 
 and the ever unruly Gauls rebel. 
 
Nero – incandescent – is a man alone on a hill. 
His empire is aflame. 
Rome – his city – is a tinderbox. 
 
Perhaps it is time for a cleansing fire. 
But no one, not even an emperor, can escape its touch . . .

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 and Inferno follow on from the Sunday Times bestselling Nero in Iggulden's most recent series.

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