Nero
Nero, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Lydia Leonard
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By:
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Conn Iggulden
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
TYRANTS AREN'T BORN. THEY'RE RAISED.
Travel to the heart of a Roman dynasty drenched in danger and intrigue in master storyteller Conn Iggulden's bold and brilliant return to Rome as he tells the story of NERO – last of the the Julio-Claudian emperors . . .
ANCIENT ROME, AD 37
It begins with a man’s hand curled around another’s throat.
Emperor Tiberius first dispatches a traitor.
Then his whole family.
Next all his friends. It is as if he never existed.
THIS IS ROMAN JUSTICE.
Into this fevered forum, a child is born.
His mother is Agrippina, granddaughter of Emperor Augustus. But their imperial blood is no protection. The closer you are to the heart of the empire, the closer you are to power, intrigue, and danger.
She faces soldiers, senators, rivals, silver-tongued pretenders, each vying for position. One mistake risks exile, incarceration, execution. Or, worst of all, the loss of her infant son.
For Agrippina knows that opportunity waits, even in your darkest moments. Her son is everything. She can make this boy, shape him into Rome itself – the one all must kneel before.
BUT FIRST, THEY MUST SURVIVE . . .
This then is the story of Nero's birth and raising under the watchful and scheming eye of his mother Agrippina – a woman every man crossed at his peril.
'A master storyteller' Daily Express
'Epic and in a class of his own' Daily Mirror
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- Daniel
- 30-05-2024
Listened to it non-stop
Great choice of narrator given the fact the main character is female. Adds depth in the right way.
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- Stephen Lawson
- 07-06-2024
Hope it is leading up to something
Felt like a build up to what is coming next, not one of his best
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- Anonymous User
- 31-12-2024
Not his best work
Nero was written in the classic Iggulden style with awesome language and character development. However the storyline was so boring and the main characters were not inspiring at all and pretty much no action until the last hour. The final battle was pretty cool but I wish he’d devoted more of the story to the Britain campaign which was the only cool part of the whole book
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- Suzanne Gallagher
- 26-05-2024
Narration issue
Sooo disappointed in narration (just my personal opinion). Was so excited to see this book available, bought it without listening to sample, but cannot listen to it 😞. Will now buy the book itself to read it! Never had such a strong reaction as this before 😬.
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