Conn Iggulden

Un reino, dos familias, treinta años de guerra. 1454. Mientras los traidores avanzan, la reina debe resistir. ¿Quién ganará la batalla por el trono? ¿Qué sacrificarán las casas de los York y de los Lancaster en nombre de Inglaterra? Cada uno debe decidir donde yace su lealtad y donde su renuncia.

La historia que inspiró Juego de Tronos. 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 rebelion esta a punto de estallar en los territorios franceses y, en palacio, las intrigas ponen de mani_ esto la inminencia de la guerra. No es tiempo de paz cuando la ambicion por el trono enfrenta a los mas poderosos en una lucha cuyo botin no es otro que el destino de Inglaterra. UN TRONO POR EL QUE SE VIVE O SE MUERE.

DOS HOMBRESRECLAMAN LA CORONA,PERO SOLO UNOPODRÁ ALZARSE CON ELLA.1461. Ricardo de York ha muerto. Su cabeza es exhibida sobre las murallas de la ciudad. La reina Margarita parece imparable; sin embargo, al matar al padre ha desatado la furia de los hijos.UN TRONO POR EL QUE SE VIVE O SE MUERE

PRE-ORDER THE LATEST ANCIENT EPIC FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF EMPEROR AND WAR OF THE ROSESOn the plains of Marathon an army gathers . . .490 BC. King Darius of Persia has brought about a golden age, a world of prosperity and peace. He would make the Greeks part of that greater nation, if they would just lay down their spears and shields - and call him king.The people of Athens have known tyrants before. Instead of kings, they have the Assembly, where each man can vote and be heard. Though a vast empire shakes the earth, they will not give up what they have won.Filled with political scheming, invasions, treacheries, ambition and honour, The Gates of Athens is the story of those who chose to resist tyranny - and by doing so, changed the course of history.

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, en palacio, las intrigas ponen de manifiesto la inminencia de la guerra. No es tiempo de paz cuando la ambicion por el trono enfrenta a los mas poderosos en una lucha cuyo botin no es otro que el destino de Inglaterra.

Un futuro incierto y nebuloso se cierne sobre Eduardo IV. La Casa de York ha sido derrotada y el rey se ha exiliado en Flandes, aunque no por mucho tiempo. El empeño por defender aquello que considera suyo lleva a Eduardo a zarpar junto a su hermano hacia Ravenspur, el lugar donde se dejara su destino. Un ejercito diezmado y exhausto llega a la costa, a casa. Las fuerzas escasean, y en el horizonte solo se dibuja una opcion: atacar. Sin embargo, nuevos vientos soplan no lejos de alli y el joven Enrique Tudor, convertido ya en un hombre, sera llamado a entrar en el tumultuoso curso de la historia, la historia de la guerra de las Dos Rosas.

Un futuro incierto y nebuloso se cierne sobre Eduardo IV. La Casa de York ha sido derrotada y el rey se ha exiliado en Flandes, aunque no por mucho tiempo. El empeño por defender aquello que considera suyo lleva a Eduardo a zarpar junto a su hermano hacia Ravenspur, el lugar donde se jara su destino. Un ejercito diezmado y exhausto llega a la costa, a casa. Las fuerzas escasean, y en el horizonte solo se dibuja una opcion: atacar. Sin embargo, nuevos vientos soplan no lejos de alli y el joven Enrique Tudor, convertido ya en un hombre, sera llamado a entrar en el tumultuoso curso de la historia, la historia de la guerra de las Dos Rosas.

Marathon. A Persian king stands at last on Greek soil. His Immortals have come to raze the cities of the west. The Athenians are hopelessly outnumbered. The gods are silent. All they have is the shield line. Xanthippus takes a breath. If they cannot stand, all Greece will fall.Thermopylae.Ten years later, Athens has betrayed its favourite son. When the Persians return, when they cross the Hellespont to take revenge on the Greeks, will Xanthippus come home to save his people?Athens cannot stand alone a second time.In desperation, the city calls on men of Sparta to block the pass at Thermopylae. To give them time. To give them hope.Featuring two of the most famous battles of the Ancient World, The Gates of Athens is a bravura piece of storytelling about a people driven to preserve their freedom at any cost.

THE NO 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA funny book about a serious subject Unruly is for anyone who has ever wondered how we got here and who is to blame Clever amusing gloriously bizarre and razor sharp Mitchell a funny man and skilled historian tells stories that are interesting and fun Here is Horrible Histories for grownups GERARD DEGROOT THE TIMES Just fantastic Delightfully contrary and hilariously cantankerous Very very funny JESSE ARMSTRONG CREATOR OF SUCCESSION AND PEEP SHOW Clever funny Makes you think quite differently about history DAN SNOW HISTORIAN AND BROADCASTER Think you know your kings and queens Think again Taking us right back to King Arthur spoiler he didn t exist Unruly tells the founding story of post Roman England up to the reign of Elizabeth I spoiler she dies It s a tale of narcissists inadequate self control excessive beheadings middle management insurrection uncivil wars and at least one total Cnut How this happened who it happened to and why it matters in modern Britain are all questions David Mitchell answers with brilliance wit and the full erudition of a man who once studied history and won t let it off the hook for the mess it s made The Times Number One Bestseller October 2023 An enj

On the plains of Marathon an army of slaves gathers . . .Under Darius the Great, King of Kings, the mighty Persian army - swollen by 10,000 Immortal warriors - have come to subjugate the Greeks.In their path stands an army of freeborn Athenians, and among them is fearsome and cunning soldier-statesman, Xanthippus.Knowing defeat means slavery lends keenness to his already sharp blade . . .Yet people soon forget that freedom is bought with blood.Ten years later, Xanthippus watches helplessly as Athens succumbs to the bitter politics of factionalism, when the Persians cross the Hellespont in ever greater numbers to raze Athens to the ground.Facing overwhelming forces by land and sea, the Athenians call on their Spartan allies for assistance - to delay the Persians at the treacherous pass of Thermopylae . . . Featuring two of the most famous battles of the Ancient World - the Battle of Marathon and the Last Stand at Thermopylae - The Gates of Athens is a bravura piece of storytelling in which a people, driven to preserve their freedom at any cost, committed acts both base and noble.

England, 1470. A kingdom divided against itself cannot stand. The Yorkist king Edward IV is driven out of England, his wife and children forced to seek sanctuary from the House of Lancaster. Yet rage and humiliation prick Edward back to greatness. He lands at Ravenspur, with a half-drowned army and his brother Richard at his side. Though every hand is against them, though every city gate is shut, they have come home. The brothers York will not go quietly into banishment. Instead, they choose to attack. Yet neither Edward nor Richard realize that the true enemy of York has yet to reveal himself. Far away, Henry Tudor has become a man. He is the Red Dragon - 'the man of destiny' who seeks to end the Wars of the Roses. His claim will carry him to Bosworth Field. There will be silence and the mourning of queens. There will be self-sacrifice and terrible betrayals. Two royal princes will be put to death. There will be an ending -- and a new royal house will stand over them all. Praise for Conn Iggulden's Wars of the Roses series: 'A tough, pacy chronicle of bloody encounters, betrayals and cruelties. Superb' Daily Mail 'Iggulden is a master storyteller and makes our blood flow faster' Sunday Express 'Iggulden breathes new life into the darkest and most dramatic of times, with a flair for both the huge scale and human interest of it all' Star 'Pacey and juicy, and packed with action' Sunday Times 'Iggulden is in a class of his own when it comes to epic, historical fiction' Daily Mirror 'Absorbing and bloody' The Times 'One of our finest historical novelists' Daily Express

The one and only Conn Iggulden takes on the story of the mighty Kublai Khan. An epic tale of a great and heroic mind; his action-packed rule; and how in conquering one-fifth of the world's inhabited land, he changed the course of history forever.A scholar who conquered an empire larger than those of Alexander or Caesar.A warrior who would rule a fifth of the world with strength and wisdom.A man who betrayed a brother to protect a nation.From a young scholar to one of history's most powerful warriors, Conqueror tells the story of Kublai Khan - an extraordinary man who should be remembered alongside Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great and Napoleon Bonaparte as one of the greatest conquerors the world has ever known.It should have been a golden age, with an empire to dwarf the lands won by the mighty Genghis Khan. Instead, the vast Mongol nation is slowly losing ground, swallowed whole by their most ancient enemy. A new generation has arisen, yet the long shadow of the Great Khan still hangs over them all …Kublai dreams of an empire stretching from sea to sea. But to see it built, this scholar must first learn the art of war. He must take his nation's warriors to the ends of the known world. And when he is weary, when he is wounded, he must face his own brothers in bloody civil war.

El joven Temujin se ha convertido en Gengis Khan, el victorioso comandante que conseguirá unir a las tribus más belicosas de las estepas. Su intención es forjar una nueva nación en las salvajes llanuras y montañas de Mongolia, un nacimiento sangriento que pondrá a un continente de rodillas. Durante miles de años, las tribus han sido mantenidas a raya por las fortalezas del imperio de los Chin, una tierra de enorme riqueza e ingentes ejércitos imbatibles. A cambio, los guerreros de Gengis sólo poseen el arco, el caballo y una disciplina de hierro nacida de una tierra de hielo, hambre y muerte. Las murallas de piedra se ciernen sobre los jinetes mongoles, su khan deberá derrotar al antiguo enemigo y llevar a su pueblo a la grandeza o ver cómo su gente se dispersa y sus sueños se rompen en mil pedazos.

n the year 937, King thelstan, grandson of Alfred the Great, readies himself to throw a great spear into the north. His dream of a kingdom of all England will stand or fall on one field and the passage of a single day.At his side is Dunstan of Glastonbury, full of ambition and wit, perhaps enough to damn his soul. His talents will take him from the villages of Wessex to the royal court, to the hills of Rome - from exile to exaltation.Through Dunstan''s vision, by his guiding hand, England may come together as one great country - or fall back into anarchy and misrule . . .From one of our finest historical writers, Dunstan is an intimate portrait of a priest and performer, a visionary, a traitor and confessor to kings - the man who changed the fate of England.

The Wars of the Roses reach their conclusion in Ravenspur, the fourth novel in Conn Iggulden's stunning chronicle of late medieval England. England, 1470. A divided kingdom cannot stand. King Edward of York has been driven out of England. Queen Elizabeth and her children tremble in sanctuary at Westminster Abbey. The House of Lancaster has won the crown, but York will not go quietly. Desperate to reclaim his throne, Edward lands at Ravenspur with a half-drowned army and his brother Richard at his side. Every hand is against them, every city gate is shut, yet the brothers York go on the attack. But neither sees that their true enemy is Henry Tudor, now grown into a man. As the Red Dragon - 'the man of destiny' - his claim to the throne leads to Bosworth Field and a battle that will call an end to the Wars of the Roses ...'A tough, pacy chronicle of bloody encounters, betrayals and cruelties. Superb' Daily Mail 'Iggulden is in a class of his own when it comes to epic, historical fiction' Daily Mirror 'Superb, fantastic, extraordinary' Sunday Express

'Iggulden has created an intriguingly complex saint - flawed, spiteful and unreliable as the teller of his own tale. Through his eyes we watch the story of the making of England' The Times **From the critically acclaimed master of historical fiction Conn Iggulden, comes a novel set in the red-blooded days of Anglo-Saxon England. This is the original game for the English throne. In the year 937, King AEthelstan, grandson of Alfred the Great, readies himself to throw a great spear into the north. His dream of a kingdom of all England will stand or fall on one field and the passage of a single day. At his side is Dunstan of Glastonbury, full of ambition and wit, perhaps enough to damn his soul. His talents will take him from the villages of Wessex to the royal court, to the hills of Rome - from exile to exaltation. Through Dunstan's vision, by his guiding hand, England may come together as one great country - or fall back into anarchy and misrule . . . From one of our finest historical writers, Dunstan is an intimate portrait of a priest and performer, a visionary, a traitor and confessor to kings - the man who changed the fate of England.

This is the fourth and final volume in the acclaimed "Emperor" series, in which Conn Iggulden brilliantly interweaves history and adventure to recreate the astonishing life of Julius Caesar. Caesar must fight his toughest battle yet - with Rome itself. Julius Caesar, fresh from triumph in Britain and Gaul, is marching on Rome with his legions of hardened veterans. His goal: to unseat Pompey, now dictator of the Empire. But waging war on your own people is never easy. And even after the city itself is taken and Julius, Brutus, Mark Antony and Octavian re-enter in triumph, there are many battles left to fight. For across the Empire - in Spain, Africa, Greece, across Asia Minor - there are legions loyal to Pompey. How will Caesar prevail? And at what cost? "The Gods of War" is the story of ambition and loyalty, of friendship and power, of love and war.A famous tale, of truly epic dimensions, it ranges from Rome to Greece to Egypt and back to Rome; it shows how brilliant generalship can completely turn the odds, how overwhelming success can change even the best of men; it depicts brilliantly those famous names - Caesar, Marcus Brutus, Mark Antony, Pompey, Cicero, Cleopatra, Ptolemy - so that they appear anew. This is a triumphant conclusion to the outstanding "Emperor" series.

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

El final de la República, trae consigo malos tiempos para Julio César y los suyos... Una historia épica, parte de la aclamada serie Emperador, en la que historia y aventuras, valentía y ambición, amistad y rivalidad se combinan con gran maestria narrativa. Conn Iggulden se confirma como uno de los autores destacados de la ficcion historica.