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Gudarnas Blod (2014)

by Conn Iggulden(Favorite Author)

4.14 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

9100136581 (ISBN13: 9789100136581)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Albert Bonniers

series

Emperor

review 1: Apparently the fifth novel in Iggulden's EMPEROR series, but reading this out of sequence is not a problem. The story being with the Ides of March and the assassination of Julius Caesar and is about what happened in the Republic and what happened to the Liberatores -- those who took Caesar down. Iggulden brings young Octavian to life, and gives character to the assassins, Cassius and Brutus, Suetonius, to Mark Antony, and to Octavian's best friends, Maecenas and Agrippa, plus gives a good picture of Roman politics and the sense of senatorial superiority.The battle of Philippi has center stage in the closing chapters. There is a strong sense of wise historical narrative here, with solid adherence to the historical record as far as can be ascertained, and which is validat... moreed by a likewise strong Author's Note.
review 2: This is great book to read if history is your passion. After reading this book I had a much better sense of what really happened on the Ides of March.It is written as part fiction,but mostly historical facts based on the death of Julius Caesar and the people who orchestrated his death. According to the author, Conn Iggulden, traveled to the places that are referenced in historical documentation of the period. The book allows the reader behind the scenes when Octavian became Caesar. Mr. Iggulden adds historical notes at the end of the book, explaining some the evens more thoroughly, and also reasons behind the literary license he took with some of the historical facts.Other than that, the book read like a who done it and an adopted son on a vengeful journey to get even. less

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