Deze epische saga volgt de dramatische levensreis van een van de meest invloedrijke figuren uit de geschiedenis. Het beschrijft een pad vanaf de vroege jeugd, waarin het karakter werd gevormd te midden van de turbulente late Romeinse Republiek, tot aan het toppunt van absolute macht. De serie verweeft meesterlijk persoonlijk drama met de grote politieke en militaire gebeurtenissen die de oude wereld vormgaven. Dompel jezelf onder in de intriges, veldslagen en noodlottige wendingen die een opkomst tot oppergezag definieerden.
This novel interweaves history and adventure to recreate the life of Julius Caesar. In the city of Rome, a titanic power struggle is about to shake the Republic to its core. Citizen will fight citizen in a bloody conflict and Julius Caesar will be in the thick of the action.
The young Julius Caesar is serving on board a war galley, gaining a fearsome reputation. Then his ship is captured, and he is ransomed and then abandoned on the north African coast. After gathering a force of men powerful enough not only to gain vengence on his captors but also to suppress an uprising in Greece, he returns to Rome a hero
Following the defeat of the Spartacus rebellion, Julius Caesar and Marcus Brutus, who have been sent to run the Roman colonies in Spain, return to challenge powerful senators to become one of the Consuls of Rome. Political opposition, family quarrels, armed rebellions and corruption make this a highly contemporary scene.
The fourth volume in the acclaimed 'Emperor' series, in which Conn Iggulden interweaves history and adventure to recreate the astonishing life of Julius Caesar - an epic tale of ambition and rivalry, bravery and betrayal.
The fifth and final instalment of Conn Iggulden's bestselling 'Emperor' series. Julius Caesar has been assassinated. A nation is in mourning. Revenge will be bloody. Rome's great hero Julius Caesar has been brutally murdered by his most trusted allies. While these self-appointed Liberatores seek refuge in the senate, they have underestimated one man: Caesar's adopted son Octavian, a man whose name will echo through history as Augustus Caesar.