Empire, 9781405949675
Paperback
Athens’s golden age, Sparta’s shadow: empire teeters on the brink.
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Empire

enter the battlefields of ancient greece in the epic new novel from the multi-million copy bestseller

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  • Paperback

    448 pages

  • Release Date

    4 June 2024

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Summary

Empire: The Dawn of War

Pericles returns to Athens as its leader: the empire’s beacon of light in the dark.

But the threat of Sparta - Athens’s legendary rival - looms large on the horizon. When a sudden catastrophe brings Sparta to its knees, Pericles sees a golden opportunity to forever shift the balance of power in his city’s favour.

For sometimes the only way to win lasting peace is to wage war.

Sparta may be weak, but their power is far from extinguished…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781405949675
ISBN-10:1405949678
Series:The Golden Age
Author:Conn Iggulden
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:448
Release Date:4 June 2024
Weight:309g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 27mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

The sights, sounds and smells of Athens bring history to life with gripping brilliance * Daily Mirror *Praise for Conn Iggulden * - *Iggulden tells an absolutely cracking story…the pace is nail-biting and the set dressing magnificent * The Times *One of our finest historical novelists * Daily Express *Iggulden is in a class of his own when it comes to epic, historical fiction * Daily Mirror *Pacy…and packed with action * Sunday Times *Breathes new life into the darkest and most dramatic of times * Star *Compelling reading * Woman and Home *

About The Author

Conn Iggulden

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.

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