Advantages: Excellent story and the lead characters keep you hooked Disadvantages: A couple of weaker charcters but nothing major
...Julius and a few of the officers taken captive. Meanwhile in Greece Marcus Brutus is returning home to set up a legion and wait for his friend Caesar to return for the two of them to lead. There are rebellions breaking out all over and the senate have to do something about them. With Mithridates having risen again in Greece and Spartacus leading a rebellion in the North these are times of change in Rome as they look for a new leader.
This is the ... ...the events of Julius Caesar's life. The series isn't completely factual and Iggulden has based the plot around real events, but adapted them to create a decent story. His first novel, The Gates Of Rome, was a compelling read and from the first page The Death Of Kings adopted a very similar structure. With a number of the events within the story being based on real events it also helps to serve partly as a history lesson but it is important to remember ...
Andy.mack 26.04.2006
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Advantages: If you liked the film 'Gladiator', you'll like this Disadvantages: Some violent battle scenes
...with a generous typeface, tells the story of the colossus that was the roman general Caesar. According to the author's note, it is based on real historical events, although some license has been taken and a few of the characters and sequence of some events have been changed.
In many ways, it sounds very authentic, with a great atmosphere and graphic descriptions of life in the capital Rome, heart of the Empire. The daily life of a soldier, living ... ...It is based on the early life of Julius Caesar, commander of a Roman galley ship, who is captured by pirates and held for ransom. Released onto a deserted coastline in North Africa, he rallies fellow survivors, traversing the country and raising an army, determined to return to Rome in style. The first major set piece is a battle with Mithridates, a Greek commander who is conquering Roman outposts, where the empire's chain of control is weak. In ...
aspebbles 26.11.2006 (28.11.2006)
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