{"product_id":"nero-trilogy-1-nero-paperback","title":"Nero Trilogy 1: Nero (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTYRANTS AREN'T BORN. THEY'RE RAISED.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTravel 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 . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'This pacy, bloody and impeccably researched novel will have you on tenter-hooks throughout'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eiNews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Deft and robust storytelling, that whips through the history with plenty of blood, guts and plot-twists'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Epic and in a class of his own'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eDaily Mirror\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eANCIENT ROME, AD 37\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt begins with a man’s hand curled around another’s throat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmperor Tiberius first dispatches a traitor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen his whole family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNext all his friends. It is as if he never existed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTHIS IS ROMAN JUSTICE.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInto this fevered forum, a child is born.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBUT FIRST, THEY MUST SURVIVE . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Conn Iggulden","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45323344543922,"sku":"9781405953108","price":270.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9781405953108.jpg?v=1751629200","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/nero-trilogy-1-nero-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}