Emperor: The Gods of War: A Roman Empire Novel Paperback – June 23, 2009

Amazing writing that draws full colour pictures that move and talk and make you blood run cold or boil passionately at the whim of the author. They killed the Man who would be King to usher in the first Roman Emperor. The plans of men and mice....

A book that can bring you emotion even when you know the ending. He did, like with the other books in this series take liberties and sacrificed fact for a good story line but going into it knowing that it was great

I have now read all 4 novels of the Emperor series, each one just as fascinating as the previous one. I hated to see the end, knowing that Iggulden was going to write next on Ghengis Khan, which he has done and which will be published later this year.I hope he returns to the scene of Caesar's murder and continues the series, so much of great Roman history happened in the years following.Of this book I can only say the story is told wonderfully, with such a fresh and unique angle on all the characters that it was easy to follow them from book to book; even meeting new characters as I went.Thank you, Conn, for a truly satisfying journey through the Via Romana and please revisit it soon.

Enjoyed the book. Very well written

Despite artistic license to completely be historically inaccurate it is an extremely entertaining book. But if you are going to be picky, remember half of what we think we know in common culture about ceasar is wrong due to another author... Shakespeare.So read the book for fun, then buy a history book if you are concerned with what really happened. The truth is as fun as the fiction, but I love this author anyways.

I'm a big fan of Roman History and have studied it extensively: I've been to Rome and all over Italy more times than I can count. I type that, not to pass myself off as an expert, but in the hopes that this information will put my review in context.So...what did I think?I enjoyed the writing style and the story line a lot but really struggle with how badly mis-characterized some of the major historical figures are. Octavian is one of my favorite people in history and this books absolutely misses the boat on him and that flaw alone drives me batty to the point of distraction. With each historical character, it feels as if Igguiden didn't even attempt to tap into their writings or exploits in order to connect his story and the characters with reality.It's hard to rate, in that I've read and enjoyed these books, but in order to do so, I had to divorce myself from any knowledge or sense of who these men and women were in real life, or, more appropriately, how I envisioned them to be.In summary, my neurosis and love of this period in Roman History keeps bumping into my overt affection for it. I will read anything about this time period because I love it, but that very reading and studying caused me to hate how he drew the characters up.In the end, the rating is "like it" and I did, but, if this were presented as a fiction about characters the author created, then it would be five stars.

I think this is the best series I have ever read. This is my second reading of the first four books. The story of Caesar has captured me like no other. What an amazing man he was. Iggulden could not be a better story teller. The battle scenes are heart pounding, and the romance of ancient Rome has me completely under its spell.

I just love Iggulden's books. Once you start reading them, you'll find them hard to put down. He captures history through a great novelization of it. Strongly recommend that the reader start with the first book of whichever series chosen. Cheers, DavidDavid E. MeadowsCapt-ret U.S. NavyAuthor of the Sixth Fleet series

Brilliant book's read the whole series enjoyed every page especially as I was raised in st Albans ( Verulamium)Many thanks

J adore les aventure de Jules Cesar, beaucoup de recherche historique

As the title says, Once you start with the first of the four emperor book saga you'll will read the three others in no time.If the author took some liberties with the historic reality, he always indicate at the end of the books, what and why.

Excellent product

Excellent book like all the others in this series, looking forward to the final chapter. Conn Iggledon is a terrific author