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Just read the first two emperor books by this guy. (Gates of Rome and Death of Kings.)
Set in ye olden Roman times. It follows the life of Gaius Julius Caesar from the time he was a small boy right through all his famous campaigns.
Takes HUGE liberties with historical fact (not always being clear why this should be… but anyway.)
Fact is they are great page turners, very exciting time in history and would be ideal holiday reads.
Anyone who liked Legend would like these books I reckon – lot of similarites in structure…. but better written.
Beware the ides of march, also Julius Caesar suffered from Ménièr’s disease. It is a disorder of the hearing and balance senses causing hissing, roaring or whistling sounds to be perceived. Otherwise known as too many Stellas
@sickofitall wrote:
No point reading it – I know what happens to him at the end.
Lol – I was going to make a similar joke but thought I should let sleeping dogs lie you bastard 😀
It is true that he does eventually die I guess…. but since this happened about 2000 years ago that aint too surprising 😀
2nd book ends about the time of the spartacus slave rebellion… still plenty of adventure left before he cops it.
Woah. Hang on a mo’. If Ceasar’s dead, who’s the clown making all those salads? Methinks it’s time for a lawsuit…
Con Igulden and his brother also wrote ‘The Dangerous Book for Boys’, which feminists complained about. That’s all the reason I need to buy a copy.
Sorry Doc!
My main worry here is that after seeing the film version the book isn’t going to live up to expectations and the classic line:
Infamy!………………Just read book 3 ‘field of swords’ = best yet… can’t wait to read the fourth (and final) installment.
has anyone seen a bbc series called ‘rome’ ? i don’t have a telly so didn’t know about it till recently browsing some dvds. Is it any good? I might rent it from love film if its interesting. Surely can’t match up to I claudius can it?
@xdc the doc wrote:
Fact is they are great page turners, very exciting time in history and would be ideal holiday reads.
Anyone who liked Legend would like these books I reckon – lot of similarites in structure…. but better written.
Sums it up, I like Conn Igulden’s stuff, the Atilla Series is better, but not yet complete
@xdc the doc wrote:
has anyone seen a bbc series called ‘rome’ ? i don’t have a telly so didn’t know about it till recently browsing some dvds. Is it any good? I might rent it from love film if its interesting. Surely can’t match up to I claudius can it?
I enjoyed it, but it concentrates on the politics more rather than the orgies and bumming 🙁 well, except the Nero episode which is quite an eye-opener.
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