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Emperor. The Gates of Rome
Iggulden, Conn

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The first book in the series introduces two young Romans: Gaius (Gaius Julius Caesar), son of a senator and born of noble-blood, and blood-friend Marcus (Marcus Junius Brutus), son of a high-class courtesan (Servilia).

The novel tells of the harsh realities of life in Ancient Rome, not only for the nobilitas but also for the slave population, who revolt and kill Gaius’s father during a siege of the Caesar estate.

As the two boys begin their careers (Gaius as a senator and Brutus as a legionary), a political war is being played out in the senate between two powerful Generals: Cornelius Sulla and Gaius’s uncle, Gaius Marius.

Iggulden drifts entirely away from historical accuracy, especially where the war between Marius and Sulla is concerned where pure fantasy is entered into and makes huge compromises. For example, in his book Caesar is the only child, when actually he had 2 sisters.

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The first book in the series introduces two young Romans: Gaius (Gaius Julius Caesar), son of a senator and born of noble-blood, and blood-friend Marcus (Marcus Junius Brutus), son of a high-class courtesan (Servilia). The novel (More) tells of the harsh realities of life in Ancient Rome, not only for the nobilitas but also for the slave population, who revolt and kill Gaius's father during a siege of the Caesar estate. As the two boys begin their careers (Gaius as a senator and Brutus as a legionary), a political war is being played out in the senate between two powerful Generals: Cornelius Sulla and Gaius's uncle, Gaius Marius. Iggulden drifts entirely away from historical accuracy, especially where the war between Marius and Sulla is concerned where pure fantasy is entered into and makes huge compromises. For example, in his book Caesar is the only child, when actually he had 2 sisters.
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Un reino. Dos familias. Treinta años de guerra. Pobre del reino cuyo soberano es un hombre débil. Inglaterra, 1437. Nubes amenazantes opacan los cielos ingleses. La rebelión está a punto de estallar en los territorios franceses y, (More) en palacio, las intrigas ponen de manifiesto la inminencia de la guerra. No es tiempo de paz cuando la ambición por el trono enfrenta a los más poderosos en una lucha cuyo botín no es otro que el destino de Inglaterra. Conn Iggulden, londinense, nacido en 1971, estudió en la St. Martin´s School y en la Taylor´s School, para licenciarse en Filología Inglesa en la Universidad de Londres, enseñando dicha materia en la St. Gregory´s Roman Catholic School de Londres durante siete años, dedicándose posteriormente a la escritura a tiempo completo.
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