The new novel in master storyteller Conn Iggulden’s bestselling series tells the story of Pericles amid the battlefields of the Peloponnesian War.
After the gods, after the myths and the legends, came the world of men—and in the front rank stood Pericles.
Enter Pericles—the Lion of Athens. Behind him lies the greatest city of the ancient world. Before him stands the ferocious Persian army. Both sides are spoiling for war.
But Pericles knows one thing: to fight a war you must first win the peace.
It’s time for a hero to rise. For his enemies to tremble. And for a city to shine like a beacon …
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Conn Iggulden is the acclaimed author of the Emperor novels, which chronicle the life of Julius Caesar, and the Conqueror series, which is based on the lives of Mongol warlords Genghis, Ogedai, and Kublai Khan. He is also the coauthor of the bestselling nonfiction work The Dangerous Book for Boys. He lives with his wife and two children in Hertfordshire, England.
Tim McInnerny is an English actor who, while known largely for his role as the comically foppish Lord Percy in the BBC series Blackadder, is primarily a dramatic stage actor who performed in such plays as Hamlet, Pravda, Othello, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and others.