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Title	:	The Gods of War (Emperor #4)
Author	:	Conn Iggulden
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 496 pages
Published	:	April 2007 by Bantam Books (first published 2006)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction

The Gods of War (Emperor #4) Paperback | Pages: 496 pages

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The year is 53 B.C. Fresh from victory in Gaul, Julius Caesar leads battle-hardened legions across the Rubicon river–threatening Rome herself. Even the master strategist Pompey is caught unprepared by the strike, and forced to abandon his city. The armies of Rome will face each other at last in civil war, led by the two greatest generals ever to walk the seven hills. Thus begins Conn Iggulden’s towering saga of Julius Caesar as he approaches his final destiny—a destiny that will be decided not by legions but by his friend Brutus and an Egyptian queen named Cleopatra, who will bear his only son....

For Caesar, the campaign against Pompey will test his military genius and his appetite for glory to their limits, as the greatest fighting machine the world has ever seen divides against itself in a bloody conflict that will set brother against brother until victory or death. But for Caesar, another kingdom beckons—a world of ancient mysteries and languid sensuality, where a beautiful, bewitching woman waits to snare his heart.

The Gods of War follows Julius Caesar through politics and passion, ruthless ambition and private grief, and into the corruption of power itself. Those he has loved will play a part in his triumphs—as will the jealousy and hatred of his enemies.

From the spectacles of the arena to the whispered lies of conspirators, Conn Iggulden brings to life a world of monumental drama. And at its heart is one extraordinary friendship—marked by fierce loyalty and bitter betrayal, with dark events shrouded in noble ideals.


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Original Title:	The Gods of War
ISBN:	044024160X (ISBN13: 9780440241607)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Emperor #4
Characters:	Brutus, Cleopatra, Augustus, Julius Caesar

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The book picks up right where the last one left off, with Caesar crossing the Rubicon. As everyone takes sides, all of the main characters, plus literally boatloads of extras, head off to Greece for the battleground where they will fight for dominance. (Because its just so uncivilized and barbaric to fight wars on your own land. Think of the expense!)From there, its a battle all around the Mediterranean as Caesar mops up his enemies with more of Igguldens trademark action style, and then- and

My, but this series was a letdown. While there are many fictional works that tend to bend history to their own dramatic purposes (in this genre, HBO's Rome series comes to mind), they still manage to hew close enough to the facts to make a decent mix of history and imagination. Iggulden has decided to take the ignoble path of tossing history right out the window. So many of the basic facts of this well-known story are so distorted and/or ignored that it really detracts from the enjoyment one

On the Ides Of March, the Roman senate bore witness to the end of the Roman republic. A man fell under 23 stab wounds and the curtains came down on an era.The liberators as they chose to call themselves thought they were ridding Rome of a tyrant but what they created in the wake of the murder was a legend. The buildup and assassination of Julius Caesar forms the story of Conn Iggulden's fourth installment in the Emperor series.Caesar's troops arrive in Rome across the Rubicon and from then on

The last in the Emperor series, this one was the hardest for me to get through. There is an inherent problem: the historical spoiler. This is the end of the story of Caesar. You guessed it: Brutus and Caesar don't just make up and live happily ever after. The author therefore makes a fatal mistake by dwelling on their relationship, making it central to the novel and losing the suspense completely. There is a sense of melancholy, too much reflection, too little action in the novel, as though the

The final book in Iggulden's four-volume saga very loosely based on the life of Julius Ceasar. In this book we meet Cleopatra and track the rise of Octavian. Ceasar has turned into a bad guy, he's gone too far and Brutus, led on by his courtesan mother Servilia, finally delivers the coup de gras in the last pages. The whole Plutarch, Shakespeare narrative of the fall of the Late Republic has been abandoned in this series. The old factions and the interplay of the political forces are missing,

Emperor: The Gods of War was my introduction to both Conn Iggulden and the world of Gaius Julius Caesar, despite the fact that this book is the fourth (and last) book in the Emperor series. My mother had bought it for me for my birthday one year and she is notoriously bad at finding the first book in a series. Nevertheless, I read it and it left quite the impression on me.The Gods of War is the most exciting book in the series and is an example of Conn Iggulden at his finest. Love, lust,

just finished these 4 emperor books. i liked the conqueror series a lot more, and i'm not quite sure why. did iggulden get more license there because the details of his life (and mongol culture) are fairly unknown in the western world? or is it that caesar is just an ambitious aristocrat and general, whereas genghis khan was left on the plains to die as a boy and then lived to create a nation? whatever the case, i found myself less impressed with the emperor books.