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Discover the rise and fall of the world's greatest empire in the stunning second novel in the Athenian series, from the nation's finest historical novelist

About the Author

Conn Iggulden is one of the most successful authors of historical fiction writing today. He has written four previous bestselling historical series, including Wars of the Roses. Dunstan is a stand-alone novel set in the red-blooded world of tenth-century England, and The Falcon of Sparta is a stand-alone in which Iggulden returns to the Ancient World. Both instalments of Conn's Athenian series, The Gates of Athens and Protector, were instant Sunday Times bestsellers. The Lion is the first book in Conn's epic new series, The Golden Age.

Reviews

Brings war in the ancient world to vivid, gritty and bloody life. I'm blown away. Protector stand alongside the best of Mary Renault - an epic with the learning of the classics' 'Brings war in the ancient world to vivid, gritty and bloody life. I'm blown away. Protector stand alongside the best of Mary Renault - an epic with the learning of the classics
*Anthony Riches*

I was transported. I felt the Mediterranean sun on my face, smelled the sea on the air . . . Here is a master at work. There is no one better at this
*Giles Kristian*

An epic piece of historical fiction, full of political intrigue and vivid action, and so evocative of the world of ancient Greece. A novel of the highest quality
*Robert Fabbri*

Bring[s] the Greco-Persian Wars to life in brilliant detail. Thrilling
*Daily Express*

Praise for Conn Iggulden
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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*

Praise for Conn Iggulden
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An absolutely cracking story. The pace is nail-biting and the set dressing magnificent
*The Times*

Absorbing and bloody
*Antonia Senior*

Peopled with characters so finely honed the story becomes a gripping and glorious legend. Brilliant!
*Weekend Sport*

Breathes new life into the darkest and most dramatic of times
*Star*