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Pericles returns home more than a hero: he's the leader of Athens, the empire's beacon of light in the dark. But even during times of peace, the threat of Sparta - Athens's legendary rival - looms large on the horizon. When a sudden catastrophe brings Sparta to its knees, Pericles sees a golden opportunity to forever shift the balance of power in his city's favour. For sometimes, the only way to win lasting peace is to wage war.

Julius Caesar has been assassinated. A nation is in mourning. Revenge will be bloody... Rome's great hero has been brutally murdered by his most trusted allies. While these self-appointed Liberatores seek refuge in the senate, they have underestimated one man: Caesar's adopted son Octavian, a man whose name will echo through history as Augustus Caesar. Uniting with his great rival Mark Antony, Octavian will stop at nothing to seek retribution and avenge his father's death.

How many other books will help you identify cloud formations, list the seven wonders of the world, and recite the best quotations from Shakespeare? The Dangerous Book for Boys gives you facts and figures at your fingertips: find out the five poems every boy should know, learn about famous battles, and read inspiring stories of incredible courage and bravery. There's a whole world out there; with this audiobook, anyone can get out and explore it.

This, the third book in the Conqueror series, is once more an epic story. Genghis Khan is an exhilarating and heroic figure. The sense of his ambition and his power, the relationships with his wives, sons and trusted aides, the sweep of his conquests, is all brought together with masterful storytelling.

How far can you go before you're in too deep? A dark, chilling psychological thriller from number one best-selling author Conn Iggulden. Davey has always lived in the shadow of his older brother, a smiling sociopath who will stop at nothing to protect himself and his family. But when the shadowy figure of Denis Tanter comes into Davey's life, how far will the bond of brotherhood reach?

From the spectacle of gladiatorial combat to the intrigue of the Senate, from the foreign wars that created an empire to the betrayals that almost tore it apart, the Emperor novels tell the remarkable story of the man who would become the greatest Roman of them all: Julius Caesar. Brilliantly interweaving history and adventure, The Gates of Rome introduces an ambitious young man facing his first great test. In the city of Rome, a titanic power struggle is about to shake the Republic to its core.

When gentlemen's tailor Albert Rossi hits an unsuspecting pedestrian in his Nissan Micra, he is amazed to escape the seemingly inevitable knock on the door from the police. Instead he receives a mysterious phone call from a man who tells him that his money will be left in the "usual" place. At that very moment, Albert Rossi decides to change careers. Albert Rossi’s life is about to get a whole lot more interesting....

Fresh from triumph in Britain and Gaul, Caesar is marching on Rome with his legions of hardened veterans. To unseat Pompey, now dictator of the empire, he must make the terrible decision to wage war on his own people. The glory that Julius, Brutus, Mark Antony and Octavian enjoy is short lived. There are lands to conquer and choices to make that may yet tear them apart. What cost will Caesar suffer for the path he has walked? Who will make him pay?

The gathering of the tribes of the Mongols has been a long time in coming, but finally, triumphantly, Temujin of the Wolves, Genghis Khan, is given the full accolade of overall leader and their oaths. Now he can begin to meld all the previously warring people into one army, one nation. But the task Genghis has set himself, and them, is formidable.

Following the defeat of the Spartacus rebellion, Julius Caesar and Marcus Brutus, who have been sent to run the Roman colonies in Spain, return to challenge powerful senators to become one of the Consuls of Rome. Political opposition, family quarrels, armed rebellions and corruption make this a highly contemporary scene, fuelled by the intrigue of the major characters, who are now developing as full adults.

"Tollins are not fairies. Though they both have wings, fairies are delicate creatures and much smaller. Tollins are also a lot less fragile than fairies. In fact, the word 'fragile' can't really be used about them at all. They are about as fragile as a housebrick..."

The ultimate Rome story. The young Caesar must overcome enemies on land and at sea to become a battle-hardened leader – in the spectacular new novel from the bestselling author of The Gates of Rome. Forced to flee Rome, Julius Caesar is serving on board a war galley in the dangerous waters of the Mediterranean and rapidly gaining a fearsome reputation. But no sooner has he had a memorable victory than his ship is captured by pirates and he is held to ransom.

Ein Sturm zieht über England herauf: Der Kampf um die Krone beginnt. England 1437: König Henry VI. ist krank und unfähig zu regieren, das Königshaus gerät ins Wanken. Zudem droht ein Konflikt mit Frankreich, der England in eine Katastrophe reißen könnte. Die Vermählung Henrys mit der französischen Adeligen Margaret von Anjou soll die Macht des Reiches sichern. Doch das Bündnis mit den verhassten Franzosen ruft bei der Bevölkerung Empörung hervor. Richard, Duke von York, nutzt den Hass gegen den König und seine willensstarke Gemahlin zu seinen Zwecken - die Rosenkriege beginnen...

401 AD: Artaxerxes, der König Persiens, herrscht über ein Reich, das sich von der Ägäis bis nach Nordindien erstreckt. Er bestimmt über Leben und Tod. Sein Befehl kennt keinen Widerspruch. 50 Millionen Menschen sind ihm Untertan. Doch sein Bruder Kyros lehnt sich auf. Mit einem Heer von griechischen Söldnern und Spartanern zieht er gegen das Reich des Artaxerxes. Die Schlacht zwischen Sparta und Persien beginnt.

Er kam aus der Steppe – und erschütterte die Welt! Nach jeder gewonnenen Schlacht wächst die Streitmacht des Dschinghis Khan. Er eint die Stämme der Steppe, die sich seit Jahrhunderten bekämpft haben, gegen einen gemeinsamen Feind: das Kaiserreich China. Auf dem Ritt durch die Wüste Gobi muss der junge Feldherr lernen, eine Armee zu befehligen, der tausende Männer unterschiedlicher Rassen und Religionen angehören. Endlich erreicht er die Tore der Hauptstadt Chinas – und der eigentliche Kampf beginnt.

England, 1470. Kong Edward af York er fordrevet fra England. Dronning Elizabeth og hendes barn har søgt beskyttelse i Westminster Abbey. Familien Lancaster har vundet tronen. Edward af York vil generobre tronsædet med alle midler og ankommer til Ravenspur med en forarmet hær og broren Richard ved sin side. Men da Henry Tudor, deres egentlige fjende, også gør krav på tronen, fører det til Bosworth og det slag, der i praksis bliver afslutningen på Rosekrigene.

Richard, hertug af York, er død; hans ambitioner ligger i ruiner, hans hoved er sat på en stage på Yorks bymur. Edward af March, den nye hertug af York, udråber sig selv til Englands retmæssige konge. Fløje og fraktioner dannes og flås fra hinanden som snefnug. Gennem blod og forræderi, ødelagte mænd og hævngerrige kvinder, skal broder møde broder, og konge stå over for konge på slagmarken.

Conn Iggulden, kendt og elsket for sine bøger om Cæsar og Djengis Khan, er tilbage med en spændende fortælling om kampen om tronen i oldtidens Persien, om en hær mere frygtet end nogen anden og om soldaten og forfatteren Xenofons lange march for at lede grækerne ud af riget efter en blodig krig. En konge bør have mere end én søn. Døden kan komme, før man ved af det, og i en sådan verden udfordrer en konge både guder og fjender. Lever den første søn dog længe nok til at blive en voksen mand, er de brødre, som var så nødvendige i årene forinden, dem, der kan tage det hele fra ham.

Rasend schnell verbreitet sich die Schreckensmeldung: Eine chinesische Stadt nach der anderen fällt unter den donnernden mongolischen Reitangriffen und beugt sich ihrem neuen Herrscher: Dschingis Khan. Doch im Westen erhebt sich ein neuer Feind: Für den Schah von Arabien sind die Mongolen nichts als Barbaren. Und so richtet er eine Gruppe von Dschingis Gesandten grausam hin. Um Vergeltung zu üben, marschiert Dschingis Kahn mit tausenden Kriegern in die Wüste Arabiens ein.

Er kam aus der Steppe – und erschütterte die Welt! Nach dem Tod seines Vaters wird der junge Temujin mit seiner Familie verbannt, wie es die strengen Gesetze seines Volkes verlangen. Doch entgegen aller Erwartungen gelingt es ihnen, ohne den Schutz der Sippe in der mongolischen Steppe zu überleben. Mehr noch: Temujin schart weitere Geächtete um sich und gründet einen neuen Stamm.