BLOOD, BETRAYAL, AND THE BATTLE FOR ROMES SOUL THE DARK AND TWISTED JOURNEY OF NEROS ASCENT TO POWER A MARRIAGE BLESSED IN BLOOD . . .On the wedding day of Emperor Claudius to Agrippina, a senator lies dying in his own home. Yesterday, this senator was betrothed to Octavia, Claudiuss daughter. Now blood gushes from his slit wrists.Agrippinas elevation to empress changes so many things. Claudius is convinced to adopt her thirteenyearold son Nero, naming him his new heir.And those angered by his wifes presumption? They face dashed hopes, endure terrible accusations, or suffer a merciless death.Yet Nero still a boy is vulnerable. Tutored by Seneca, he vies with his brother and fellow heir Britannicus for their fathers favour. He learns to fight. He learns to love. So what if his mother wants him to marry his sistercousin Octavia? Rome has been scandalised before.But those who have survived Agrippina, and the families of those who didnt, have long memories and short knives. They seek chances to get close to taste the blood of this ruthless plotter and her son.Rome has always been dangerous.To rise there, as Nero is to discover, others must fall even emperors . . .PRAISE FOR CONN IGGULDENBreathtakingly good Bernard CornwellDeft and robust storytelling, that whips through the history with plenty of blood, guts and plottwists The TimesPacy and propulsive, cracking with energy, violence and stirring speeches, Iggulden chronicles power struggles, political machinations and the...
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BLOOD, BETRAYAL, AND THE BATTLE FOR ROMES SOUL THE DARK AND TWISTED JOURNEY OF NEROS ASCENT TO POWER A MARRIAGE BLESSED IN BLOOD . . .On the wedding day of Emperor Claudius to Agrippina, a senator lies dying in his own home. Yesterday, this senator was betrothed to Octavia, Claudiuss daughter. Now blood gushes from his slit wrists.Agrippinas elevation to empress changes so many things. Claudius is convinced to adopt her thirteenyearold son Nero, naming him his new heir.And those angered by his wifes presumption? They face dashed hopes, endure terrible accusations, or suffer a merciless death.Yet Nero still a boy is vulnerable. Tutored by Seneca, he vies with his brother and fellow heir Britannicus for their fathers favour. He learns to fight. He learns to love. So what if his mother wants him to marry his sistercousin Octavia? Rome has been scandalised before.But those who have survived Agrippina, and the families of those who didnt, have long memories and short knives. They seek chances to get close to taste the blood of this ruthless plotter and her son.Rome has always been dangerous.To rise there, as Nero is to discover, others must fall even emperors . . .PRAISE FOR CONN IGGULDENBreathtakingly good Bernard CornwellDeft and robust storytelling, that whips through the history with plenty of blood, guts and plottwists The TimesPacy and propulsive, cracking with energy, violence and stirring speeches, Iggulden chronicles power struggles, political machinations and the...
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