• EMPEROR: The Death of Kings, Book 2 (Unabridged)

  • By: Conn Iggulden
  • Narrated by: Robert Glenister
  • Length: 17 hrs and 57 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (817 ratings)

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EMPEROR: The Death of Kings, Book 2 (Unabridged)

By: Conn Iggulden
Narrated by: Robert Glenister
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Publisher's summary

Abandoned after months of captivity, Julius Caesar gathers recruits that he will forge into a unit powerful enough to gain vengeance on his captors. But soon a new crisis threatens: a gladiator named Spartacus.
©2004 Conn Iggulden (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

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Wonderful tale

Once, ancient history was torrid current events. This tale tells of Caesar's early career including his role in the Spartacus slave rebellion, and is packed with great characters. Voicing the flawed heroes, depraved villians and the odd innocent bystander the narrator gets it just right too. The others in this series are definitely on my listening wish list.

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Great

This is an inspired re imagination of Caesar's rise to power from pirate hostage to rising star of the Roman elite. Can't recommend this series enough.

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Great book

Once again the author does an outstanding job of telling this story. There are some liberties taken with historical facts, but these are acceptable considering the entertainment value of these books.

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Just OK

If you can overlook the historical inaccuracies, you will enjoy this story. I absolutely did not enjoy this performance. Too many mispronunciations and the general tone of the performance was irritating to me. I am hard pressed to listen to the next book as it is the same performer.

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Fairly decent historical novel

I enjoyed this one (the second book) more than the first book. The character of Caesar is more interesting and the politics of the Senate are well described. Parts of the plot seem too simplistic though.

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Very Bad History

What would have made EMPEROR: The Death of Kings, Book 2 (Unabridged) better?

This is a good story the only problem is that the history is so bad it makes the book annoying. If you know nothing of Roman history the story is very good but if you know anything about Roman history the book is basically unreadable.

Has EMPEROR: The Death of Kings, Book 2 (Unabridged) turned you off from other books in this genre?

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historically disconnected

this is a really good book if it was just fiction. however, this is a historical fiction book. it is so historically and accurate it is distracting

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Well-written, but with too many historical liberties

While the writing is good, this novel takes even more liberties than the last entry. It will infuriate anyone educated in Roman history.

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good fiction

I was disappointed with how far from historical reality the storyline strayed. it was a good fictional story, but I was really expecting his historical fiction. it would seem only the characters were particularly historical.

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Inaccurate melodrama

This is the literary equivalent to Hollywood's butchery of history

I'm tempted to look for a refund

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