Conn Iggulden

Nyt serieoplag. Sværdenens mark er tredje og næstsidste del af Conn Igguldens hæsblæsende og farverige romanserie om romerrigets mægtigste og mest berømte feltherre og politiker. Den nu voksne Cæsar går nu den tid i møde, hvor republikkens dage synes at være talte. Efter den blodige sejr over oprørslederen Spartacus, sendes Julius Cæsar og Marcus Brutus til Spanien for at lede de romerske kolonier dér. Den politiske uro ulmer i Rom, og sammen vender de begge hjem for at udfordre de magtfulde senatorer om pladsen som konsul. For Cæsar bliver det chancen for at gå nye veje: Han danner sit 1. triumvirat med Crassus og Pompejus, sidstnævnte er ikke blot en tidligere allieret med diktatoren Sulla, men også gift med Cæsars datter, Julia, og Cæsar udnævnes til konsul. Og dermed får Cæsar nu frie hænder til at samle sin legion af loyale mænd og begive sig mod nord - mod Gallernes rige. Men hans militære myndighed og styrke, venskaberne med andre hærførere, og ikke mindst hans politiske ærgerrighed, skiller ham fra barndomsvennen Brutus. Et venskab der yderligere sættes på en hård prøve, da Cæsar forlader sin provins med sin hær for at gå over grænsefloden Rubicon til Norditalien. En borgerkrig med den romerske republik er sat igang, terningen er kastet ...

Nyt serieoplag. Kongers død er anden del af Conn Igguldens hæsblæsende og farverige romanserie om romerrigets mægtigste og mest berømte feltherre og politiker. I dette bind møder vi den unge Julius i det turbulente og krigshærgede Middelhavsområde. Her gør han tjeneste i flåden, og da han redder en officer i kamp, cementeres hans ry som dristig kampleder yderligere. Julius hædres for sin indsats, men når næppe at nyde sin mindeværdige sejr før han overfaldes og kidnappes af pirater. Først efter mange måneders indespærring frigives han, og nu vil han have hævn ... Han rekrutterer sin egen hær, besejrer kidnapperne, og nedkæmper samtidig et gryende oprør i Grækenland. I mellemtiden i Rom er Sulla blevet myrdet, og Julius anser det for sikkert at vende hjem. Den skønne Cornelia har født ham en datter, Julia, og vor unge krigshelt kan genforenes med sin barndomsven Brutus. I Rom modtages og hyldes Julius som en stor krigsherre - og dermed også som en potentiel fare for sine politiske fjender. Men en ny krise af langt større dimensioner truer: En slavehær af gladiatorer nærmer sig den romerske by, og oprørslederen er ingen andre end den frygtløse gladiator Spartakus. Forude venter ét af de mest blodige slag, de to barndomsvenner hidtil har deltaget i ...

Nyt serieoplag. Roms porte er første del af Conn Igguldens hæsblæsende og farverige romanserie om romerrigets mægtigste og mest berømte feltherre og politiker. Gajus Julius bliver født som søn af en beskeden senator o. 100 f. Kr. og vokser op på et mindre landsted uden for Rom sammen med sin mor, den halvt vanvittige Aurelia, slaveforvalteren Tubruk og den forældreløse Marcus, som er hans fostbroder og bedste ven. At Marcus' andet navn er Brutus - den mand, som skulle blive hovedkraften bag mordet på Cæsar - afsløres først senere. Drengenes fælles opvækst er præget af frihed, men også af voldelige sammenstød med andre, rigere sønner af de lokale patricierfamilier. Som ti-årige får Gajus Julius og Marcus en lærer, den gamle gladiator Renius, som skal oplære dem i krigs- og kampkunst, hvilket han gør effektivt og iskoldt. Allerede få år efter står drengenes ildprøve, da en hær af undslupne slaver overfalder landstedet. Drengene deltager i de voldsomme kampe, og det lykkes at slå slavehæren tilbage, selv om Gajus Julius' far ikke overlever. Gajus Julius må nu rejse til Rom for at søge beskyttelse hos sin rige og magtfulde onkel Marius, som er general og konsul. Marius introducerer ham til livet i og omkring det romerske senat, og Gajus Julius får sin debut på den politiske scene, som er præget af personlige fejder. Marius ligger i åben strid med folkeforføreren Sulla, og striden udvikler sig til en blodig borgerkrig, hvor Sulla belejrer Rom. Gajus Julius, som kort forinden har giftet sig med den skønne Cornelia, datter af Marius' allierede Cinna, deltager på sin onkels side, og efter Sullas sejr må han drage i landflygtighed med Sullas dødsdom hængende over hovedet.

Atenseriens stora final! Perikles är den som bär åskan och blixten på sin tunga . Men han är inte längre ung. Och Aten, hans stad och den största i den antika världen, är delad antingen vill atenarna stå emot det spartanska hotet, eller så är de motståndare till sin ledare. Kan Perikles, stadens mest berömde son, samla och uppvigla sina medborgare till krig? Kan han få Atens lejon att ryta en sista gång? Kan han säkra det atenska imperiets öde? Imperiet är den fjärde och avslutande delen i Conn Igguldens uppskattade Atenserie. De tre tidigare böckerna i serien är Atens portar, Atens beskyddare och Atens lejon. "En oupphörligt intressant roman!" BTJ "Mästaren bland historiska romanberättare." Daily Express

From New York Times bestselling author Conn Iggulden, the second novel in this new trilogy finds newly-crowned Emperor Nero fending off court rivals while embracing his fate as the most feared, notorious ruler in Roman history. Ancient Rome, 50 AD. Agrippina secures her son Lucius's fate through her marriage to Emperor Claudius. Though more intelligent than her previous husbands--and with a power that is absolute--for a time she bends her husband to her will. Claudius is gentle as a lamb with a rope around its neck. So it is, that Lucius is adopted into the imperial family and becomes Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus. But this is merely the first of many moves in the game of power. As mother and son risk everything--their alliances and betrayals, their cruelties and crimes, their brilliance and their ambition--this vivid tapestry is brought brilliantly to life by Conn Iggulden in Tyrant.

Ancient Rome, AD 50 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.

BLOOD, BETRAYAL, AND THE BATTLE FOR ROME’S SOUL: THE DARK AND TWISTED JOURNEY OF NERO’S ASCENT TO POWER --A MARRIAGE BLESSED IN BLOOD . . . On the wedding day of Emperor Claudius to Agrippina, a senator lies dying in his own home. Yesterday, this senator was betrothed to Octavia, Claudius’s daughter. Now blood gushes from his slit wrists. Agrippina’s elevation to empress changes so many things. Claudius is convinced to adopt her thirteen-year-old son Nero, naming him his new heir. And those angered by his wife’s presumption? They face dashed hopes, endure terrible accusations, or suffer a merciless death. Yet Nero – still a boy – is vulnerable. Tutored by Seneca, he vies with his brother and fellow heir Britannicus for their father’s favour. He learns to fight. He learns to love. So what if his mother wants him to marry his sister-cousin Octavia? Rome has been scandalised before. But those who have survived Agrippina, and the families of those who didn’t, have long memories and short knives. They seek chances to get close – to taste the blood of this ruthless plotter and her son. Rome has always been dangerous. To rise there, as Nero is to discover, others must fall – even emperors . . .–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 historical novel’ Washington PostReaders love Nero'Iggulden draws you into Rome, its brutality and its glory, and brings it back to life with such seamless ease' ***** Reader Review'Absolute quality from first to last page, atmospheric with a real feel for time and place' ***** Reader Review'It was fascinating to see the seeds being planted that will lead to the Nero becoming the tyrant we know through the ancient historians, but told in such a contemporary and accessible way' ***** Reader Review'An absolutely immersive experience throughout that throws you into the politics of Ancient Rome' ***** Reader Review‘Another gripping page turner from the peerless master of historical fiction’ ***** Reader ReviewConn Iggulden, Sunday Times bestseller, June 2024

TYRANTS AREN'T BORN. THEY'RE RAISED. Travel to the heart of a Roman dynasty drenched in danger and intrigue in master storyteller Conn Iggulden's bold and brilliant return to Rome as he tells the story of Nero – last of the the Julio-Claudian emperors . . .'This pacy, bloody and impeccably researched novel will have you on tenter-hooks throughout' iNews'Deft and robust storytelling, that whips through the history with plenty of blood, guts and plot-twists' The Times'Epic and in a class of his own' Daily Mirror----ANCIENT ROME, AD 37It begins with a man’s hand curled around another’s throat. Emperor Tiberius first dispatches a traitor. Then his whole family. Next all his friends. It is as if he never existed. THIS IS ROMAN JUSTICE. Into this fevered forum, a child is born. His mother is Agrippina, granddaughter of Emperor Augustus. But their imperial blood is no protection. The closer you are to the heart of the empire, the closer you are to power, intrigue, and danger. She faces soldiers, senators, rivals, silver-tongued pretenders, each vying for position. One mistake risks exile, incarceration, execution. Or, worst of all, the loss of her infant son. For Agrippina knows that opportunity waits, even in your darkest moments. Her son is everything. She can make this boy, shape him into Rome itself – the one all must kneel before. BUT FIRST, THEY MUST SURVIVE . . . This then is the story of Nero's birth and raising under the watchful and scheming eye of his mother Agrippina – a woman every man crossed at his peril.----PRAISE FOR CONN IGGULDEN'Breakthtakingly good’ Bernard Cornwell‘Magnificent’ 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 MailReaders love Nero:'Iggulden draws you into Rome, its brutality and its glory, and brings it back to life with such seamless ease' ***** Reader Review'Absolute quality from first to last page, atmospheric with a real feel for time and place' ***** Reader Review'It was fascinating to see the seeds being planted that will lead to the Nero becoming the tyrant we know through the ancient historians, but told in such a contemporary and accessible way' ***** Reader Review'An absolutely immersive experience throughout that throws you into the politics of Ancient Rome' ***** Reader ReviewConn Iggulden, Sunday Times bestseller, June 2024

God 1470-j. Korol Eduard Jorkskij izgnan iz Anglii. Koroleva Elizabet i ee deti drozhat ot strakha za svoju zhizn v Vestminsterskom abbatstve. Lankastery zavoevali koronu, no Jorki ne otkazalis ot borby. Eduard predprinimaet otchajannuju popytku vernut tron - zakljuchaet sojuz s pravitelem Burgundii Karlom Smelym i poluchaet pod svoe nachalo nebolshoe naemnoe vojsko i korabli. V uste reki Khamber est gorodok Rejvenspjor, chto oznachaet "voronja shpora". Semdesjat let nazad tam vysadilsja drugoj pretendent na anglijskij prestol, Genrikh Bolingbrok, buduschij osnovatel dinastii Lankasterov. Eduard verit, chto sumeet povtorit uspekh svoego predshestvennika, esli nachnet pokhod s etogo zhe mesta. Dlja takoj very est vazhnoe osnovanie: Rejvenspjor raspolozhen na kraju Jorkshira, ego rodovogo grafstva. Razve mozhno somnevatsja v tom, chto vse jorkshirskie goroda dobrovolno raspakhnut vorota pered svoim monarkhom?

Silnejshee zemletrjasenie razrushilo bolshuju chast Sparty i povleklo za soboj vosstanie rabov-ilotov. Praviteljam gosudarstva, okazavshegosja na grani gibeli, nichego ne ostavalos, kak obratitsja za pomoschju k sojuznikam. No kogda iz Afin pribyl bolshoj vooruzhennyj oboz, spartantsy postavili zvanykh gostej pered vyborom: ili nemedlenno otpravitsja nazad, ili pogibnut v neravnom boju. Izumlennye i unizhennye afinjane ushli, zato politicheskie vesy v ikh strane sklonilis v storonu tekh, kto zhelal ispolzovat vremennyj upadok Sparty, chtoby navsegda izbavitsja ot ugrozy s juga, a zatem obedinit vechno vrazhdovavshie polisy v moguchuju grecheskuju imperiju. Etikh reformatorov vozglavil Perikl, znamenityj politik, voenachalnik i gosudarstvennyj stroitel. No srazhatsja emu predstojalo ne tolko s nadmennnoj i agressivnoj Spartoj. V rodnoj strane s izbytkom khvatalo tekh, kto zavidoval slave "lva Attiki" i zhelal emu padenija. Vpervye na russkom!

Chestoljubivye plany gertsoga Jorkskogo rassypalis prakhom, sam on kaznen vragami, a ego golova v bumazhnoj korone nasazhena na shtyr nad krepostnoj stenoj. Korol Genrikh VI vse esche v plenu, no koroleva Margaret vo glave pobedonosnoj raznoplemennoj armii nastupaet s severa, i kazhetsja, ne suschestvuet sily, kotoraja pomeshala by ej zanjat London. No, raspravivshis s ottsom, Margaret spustila s tsepi synovej. Eduard March, novyj gertsog Jorkskij, objavljaet sebja korolem Anglii - korolem po pravu krovi. I vot uzhe voznikajut i raspadajutsja sojuzy aristokratov, vershatsja predatelstva i lomajutsja sudby. Grazhdanskaja vojna slovno zhivet sobstvennoj zhiznju - i net osnovanij nadejatsja, chto kogda-nibud ej pridet konets.

Atenseriens stora final! Perikles är den som bär åskan och blixten på sin tunga . Men han är inte längre ung. Och Aten, hans stad och den största i den antika världen, är delad antingen vill atenarna stå emot det spartanska hotet, eller så är de motståndare till sin ledare. Kan Perikles, stadens mest berömde son, samla och uppvigla sina medborgare till krig? Kan han få Atens lejon att ryta en sista gång? Kan han säkra det atenska imperiets öde? Imperiet är den fjärde och avslutande delen i Conn Igguldens uppskattade Atenserie. De tre tidigare böckerna i serien är Atens portar, Atens beskyddare och Atens lejon." En oupphörligt intressant roman!" BTJ Mästaren bland historiska romanberättare. Daily Express

Na tselyj god psikhicheskaja bolezn prevratila Genrikha VI v dobrovolnogo uznika Vindzorskogo zamka. V borbu za vlast, vypavshuju iz ruk sumasshedshego monarkha, vstupili dvortsovye partii, vozglavljaemye korolevoj Margaritoj i gertsogom Jorkom, lordom-protektorom. Storonu Jorka prinimajut graf Solsberi i graf Uorik; eta troitsa polna reshimosti oderzhat verkh nad lojalistami Genrikha i korolevy. Neozhidanno dlja vsekh Genrikh prikhodit v sebja i otpravljaetsja v London, chtoby podtverdit svoi prava na prestol. Ravnovesie vlasti okonchatelno rushitsja, i strana nizvergaetsja v grazhdanskuju vojnu...

PERFECT FOR FANS OF THOSE ABOUT TO DIE TYRANTS AREN'T BORN. THEY'RE RAISED. Travel to the heart of a Roman dynasty drenched in danger and intrigue in master storyteller Conn Iggulden's bold and brilliant return to Rome as he tells the story of Nero – last of the the Julio-Claudian emperors . . . 'Deft and robust storytelling, that whips through the history with plenty of blood, guts and plot-twists' The Times 'Epic and in a class of his own' Daily Mirror ---- ANCIENT ROME, AD 37 It begins with a man’s hand curled around another’s throat. Emperor Tiberius first dispatches a traitor. Then his whole family. Next all his friends. It is as if he never existed. THIS IS ROMAN JUSTICE. Into this fevered forum, a child is born. His mother is Agrippina, granddaughter of Emperor Augustus. But their imperial blood is no protection. The closer you are to the heart of the empire, the closer you are to power, intrigue, and danger. She faces soldiers, senators, rivals, silver-tongued pretenders, each vying for position. One mistake risks exile, incarceration, execution. Or, worst of all, the loss of her infant son. For Agrippina knows that opportunity waits, even in your darkest moments. Her son is everything. She can make this boy, shape him into Rome itself – the one all must kneel before. BUT FIRST, THEY MUST SURVIVE . . . This then is the story of Nero's birth and raising under the watchful and scheming eye of his mother Agrippina – a woman every man crossed at his peril. ---- PRAISE FOR CONN IGGULDEN 'Breakthtakingly good’ Bernard Cornwell ‘Magnificent’ 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 Readers love Nero 'Iggulden draws you into Rome, its brutality and its glory, and brings it back to life with such seamless ease' ***** Reader Review 'Absolute quality from first to last page, atmospheric with a real feel for time and place' ***** Reader Review 'It was fascinating to see the seeds being planted that will lead to the Nero becoming the tyrant we know through the ancient historians, but told in such a contemporary and accessible way' ***** Reader Review 'An absolutely immersive experience throughout that throws you into the politics of Ancient Rome' ***** Reader Review Conn Iggulden, Sunday Times bestseller, June 2023

ANCIENT ROME, AD 37 It begins with a man's hand curled around another's throat. Emperor Tiberius first dispatches a traitor. Then his whole family. Next all his friends. It is as if he never existed. THIS IS ROMAN JUSTICE. Into this fevered forum, a child is born. His mother is Agrippina, granddaughter of Emperor Augustus. But their imperial blood is no protection. The closer you are to the heart of the empire, the closer you are to power, intrigue, and danger. She faces soldiers, senators, rivals, silver-tongued pretenders, each vying for position. One mistake risks exile, incarceration, execution. Or, worst of all, the loss of her infant son. For Agrippina knows that opportunity waits, even in your darkest moments. Her son is everything. She can make this boy, shape him into Rome itself - the one all must kneel before. BUT FIRST, THEY MUST SURVIVE . . .

Efter gudarnas rike kom människornas värld och främst i ledet stod Perikles. Bakom honom ligger den största staden i den antika världen. Framför honom står den grymma persiska armén. Båda sidor rustar för krig. Men Perikles vet en sak. För att utkämpa ett krig måste du först vinna freden. Det är dags för en hjälte att resa sig. För att hans fiender ska darra. Och för en stad att lysa som en fyr... Atens lejon är den tredje delen i Conn Igguldens Atenserie. De två tidigare böckerna är Atens portar och Atens beskyddare, båda utgivna till svenska i översättning av Leif Jacobsen. Conn Iggulden (f. 1971) bor utanför London med sin fru och deras två barn. Innan han blev författare på heltid arbetade han som lärare i engelska. Han har tidigare givit ut en rad populära böcker om Romarriket och Englands historia under Rosornas krig. Conn Igguldens böcker är utgivna i över 20 länder. "Allt verkar vila på grundlig research, i synnerhet faktadetaljer som skickligt smygs in i handlingen (...) Det är intressant och spännande." BTJ