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Nero
- Nero, Book 1
- Narrated by: Lydia Leonard
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
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Summary
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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 . . .
ANCIENT ROME, AD 37
It begins with a man’s hand curled around another’s throat.
Emperor Tiberius first dispatches a traitor.
Then his whole family.
Next all his friends. It is as if he never existed.
THIS IS ROMAN JUSTICE.
Into this fevered forum, a child is born.
His mother is Agrippina, granddaughter of Emperor Augustus. But their imperial blood is no protection. The closer you are to the heart of the empire, the closer you are to power, intrigue, and danger.
She faces soldiers, senators, rivals, silver-tongued pretenders, each vying for position. One mistake risks exile, incarceration, execution. Or, worst of all, the loss of her infant son.
For Agrippina knows that opportunity waits, even in your darkest moments. Her son is everything. She can make this boy, shape him into Rome itself – the one all must kneel before.
BUT FIRST, THEY MUST SURVIVE . . .
This then is the story of Nero's birth and raising under the watchful and scheming eye of his mother Agrippina – a woman every man crossed at his peril.
'A master storyteller' Daily Express
'Epic and in a class of his own' Daily Mirror
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- andrew
- 03-06-24
Excellent story
Another excellent book by Conn Iggulden on the story of Nero. The narrator is excellent and she brings the story to life, well recommended and looking forward to the next in the series
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- Gyp
- 28-05-24
A look through fresh eyes
A wonderful book, full of well rounded characters that avoid worn stereotypes.
Taking place in one of the better known times in Roman history, It might have been the easy option to put the usual one dimensional characters into this story. Instead, as is his way, the author rounds them out, giving flesh to the barebones and reason to the madness. It’s a beautifully written book that brings humanity to front in a time when monsters reigned.
The narration is impeccable. Lydia Leornard obviously understands the authors intent and brings the story to life with a silent malice.
I recommend this book.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-06-24
cant wait for the sequel!
lovely narrative history of a fascinating period! Conn is a master of historical novels, my favourite author
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- Matt Gupta
- 30-05-24
I wish it was more detailed
the title is a bit deceptive as its a brief summary of tiberius caligula and then claudius in 1 book it does leave out some very big points like just how insane caligula was or the relationship between caligula and his sisters. its a good story and i look forward to the conquest of britain but i feel calling it nero was a mistake
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- Patrick
- 06-06-24
Slow building triumph
The story begins far back and wends, in a seemingly leisurely way from horror to horror, until it kicks into gear and the trilogy hits its stride, the pace gallops along and with the invasion of Britain the future protagonist is introduced.
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- Catherine McDonald
- 31-05-24
Enjoyable
I enjoyed this interpretation with Conn’s usual graphic depiction of the roman elite, it’s violence, treachery and ruling class. Look forward to the second book.
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- Mark Songhurst
- 02-06-24
Lacks excitement of other books by this author
Slightly misleading title as there's not a heck of lot of Nero going on!
I normally love Conn Iggulden's books. They are full of historical tales, battles, conspiracies, but this book missed the mark for me.
A great example of great Roman era books are his Caesar series. It is wonderful and I highly recommend.
Now this may be a contentious point, but although the narrator does a splendid job mostly, I did find that I sometimes got a bit confused with which character was speaking as some of the male and female voices sounded a little bit similar, but perhaps that's just me.
The sum up, for me, a good book but not his best.
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-06-24
Nero
Very disappointed with this book. In fact it was terrible, not up to the authors usual standard and what made it even worse was the narrator.
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