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Conn Iggulden

Autor(a) de The Dangerous Book for Boys

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About the Author

Conn Iggulden is a British fiction writer, born in 1971. He studied at English at the University of London. Iggulden headed the English Department at St. Gregory's Roman Catholic School in London and taught English there for seven years. He left teaching to write his first novel, The Gates of Rome. mostrar mais Iggulden has also co-authored the #1 New York Times bestseller, "The Dangerous Book for Boys". His title Trinity is the second of the series of books covering the Wars of the Roses, when the English noble families were at war with each other. Book 4, Ravenspur: Rise of the Tudors, was released in May 2016 mostrar menos

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Obras por Conn Iggulden

The Dangerous Book for Boys (2007) 3,956 exemplares
Wolf of the Plains (2007) 1,973 exemplares
The Gates of Rome (2005) 1,942 exemplares
The Death of Kings (2004) 1,388 exemplares
Lords of the Bow (2008) 1,332 exemplares
The Field of Swords (2005) 1,236 exemplares
The Gods of War (2006) 1,187 exemplares
Bones of the Hills (2009) 1,076 exemplares
Stormbird (2013) 942 exemplares
Empire of Silver (2010) 769 exemplares
Conqueror (2011) 603 exemplares
The Blood of Gods (2013) 372 exemplares
Bloodline (2015) 338 exemplares
Ravenspur (2016) 270 exemplares
Dunstan (2017) 235 exemplares
The Falcon of Sparta (2018) 207 exemplares
Darien (2017) 143 exemplares
The Gates of Athens (2020) 139 exemplares
Blackwater (1709) 131 exemplares
The Dangerous Book of Heroes (2009) 110 exemplares
Tollins (2009) 89 exemplares
Protector (2021) 79 exemplares
Shiang (2018) 48 exemplares
The Sword Saint (2019) 37 exemplares
Empire: A Novel of the Golden Age (2023) 22 exemplares
Dynamite Tales (2011) 20 exemplares
How To Blow Up Tollins (2011) 17 exemplares
Fig Tree (2014) 4 exemplares
Αυτικράτωρ 2 exemplares
Genghis 1 exemplar
Nero (2024) 1 exemplar
Athenian 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Down These Strange Streets (2011) — Contribuidor — 501 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1971-01-01
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
UK
Local de nascimento
London, England, UK
Locais de residência
Hertfordshire, England, UK
Educação
University of London (BA) (English)
Merchant Taylors' School, London
St Martin's School, Northwood
Ocupações
English teacher
novelist
Relações
Iggulden, Hal (brother)

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Despite finding time to write historical novels and The Dangerous Book for Boys, Conn Iggulden is in some ways better known as a trainer of Tollins. His Tollin troupe, "Small and Mighty," are famous in Tasmania, where they often play to packed houses. "It used to be just a hobby," he says, "but when you've seen a display of Tollin synchronized flying, you realize it's your life's work. Also, they can be transported in shoe boxes, so it's pretty cheap to get around."

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My thanks to the Author publisher's and NetGalley for providing me with a Kindle version of this book to read and honestly review.
All we have come to expect from this Master Author of this genre, excellent research and writing. Absolute quality from first to last page, atmospheric with a real feel for time and place, superb characterisation.
Completely and totally recommended.
 
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Gudasnu | Mar 7, 2024 |
 
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David_Semaphore | 50 outras críticas | Oct 11, 2023 |
Conn Iggulden’s The Falcon of Sparta puts some flesh on Xenophon’s bare-bones account of his embattled march from Babylon to the Black Sea after the fall of Cyrus the Younger. Iggulden’s excellent historical novel presents the Spartan mercenaries more positively than Xenophon does. Xenophon never moralizes. Iggulden lets us know who is acting honorably and who dishonorably. We know who we like and who we don’t. He sticks close to the historical account—not quite to the level of Tom Wolfe, Truman Capote, or Gay Talese, but he makes it easy to guess when he is embroidering. The March of the Ten Thousand deserves to be better known in the modern world.… (mais)
 
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Tom-e | 8 outras críticas | Sep 25, 2023 |
Field of Swords is a heavy book. The third volume in Conn Iggulden’s Emperor series bridges many gaps in the lives of not only Julius Caesar but his companions as well. Yes this is a somewhat fictional account of the lives of these men and women but the story is damn good. The character timeline is off. The writer could have done better by Octavian though. Octavian, the future Emperor, would have only been a child during the Gallic Wars led by Julius. Once again. Historical Fiction. The scenes with Octavian were daring and bold even though he was only a child at the time. The author does include a list of deviations from fact. But does not include anything about Octavian.
This story highlights events that push Julius full force into his destiny. From scorned love to the battlefield. We see a young man grow old far too quickly as he breaks himself not only upon the gears of war and the politics which drive those gears but the desire to walk in the footsteps of a conqueror. The writing in this book is very smooth and seeks to entangle the reader in the mud and blood of the Pre-Empirical years of Rome. The reader is given only a glimpse of the mess that was the invasion of Britannia. The first half of the book is mostly politics but the second half shoves us face down in the dirt. It is impossible to truly understand what these soldiers must have endured. A decade on the battlefields of Gaul…no rest, no quarter and a thousand other unsaid elements that define the life of a Legionnaire in the Roman Army.
In addition to the time on the battlefield we catch a view of what it was like afterwards for these soldiers. In today’s modern world we have PTSD along with checks and balances to help Veterans, but in ancient times there was no such thing. Men weaned on the teats of blood and death lived and died by the sword and it is hard to imagine what their thoughts could have been. All in all Field of Swords is a great read and a proper addition to the series.
… (mais)
 
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JHemlock | 15 outras críticas | Sep 11, 2023 |

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Obras
61
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Membros
20,158
Popularidade
#1,076
Avaliação
4.0
Críticas
477
ISBN
876
Línguas
23
Marcado como favorito
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