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  • EMPEROR: The Field of Swords, Book 3 (Unabridged)

  • By: Conn Iggulden
  • Narrated by: Paul Blake
  • Length: 17 hrs and 35 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (106 ratings)

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EMPEROR: The Field of Swords, Book 3 (Unabridged)

By: Conn Iggulden
Narrated by: Paul Blake
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Julius Caesar has taken his legions north into mighty battles with the Gallic tribes. But as his successes mount, overwhelming ambition and new alliances begin to threaten his friendship with Marcus Brutus, brother-in-arms and fellow warrior. Although the conquest of Gaul has made Caesar a hero all over again, his victories on the battlefield cause still more rivalries at home. And ultimately Caesar and Brutus will have to choose whether to cross the Rubicon - together or singly - and to take the fight to Rome itself.
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Doesn't get any better

It is always rewarding when a series gets better and better and this is certainly the case here. The author does a fabulous job crafting Ceaser's charisma, skill and drive. A terrific tale superbly written. My only disappointment was the narrators style was different to the previous books in the series.

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Terrible Narrator

I loved the first and second book of the emperor but just ordered the 3rd as a book as I found the narrator to pompous and was unable to continue to listen to him. Such a shame as the previous narrator was excellent!

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Where the hell was Ciserwo?

Quite apart from the lisping mispronunciation of character names compared with other books and standard English interpretations of Latin names, the mangling of history is disappointing.
I read these books because I’m a fan of Roman history and whilst I get that there needs to be some poetic license in developing characters, however the complete historical rewriting is extremely annoying. How you can erase Cicero ( or Ciserwo as the annoying narrator would of pronounced him) and have Caesar exposing the Cataline conspiracy and leading the prosecution is confusing considering just how consequential a character Cicero was and his documented relationship as a contemporary of Caesar.

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Great author, let down by narration.

Conn Iggulden is a master story teller. The narrator really let him down on this one, by using strange emphasis especially on characters names. He also does not seem to have researched the correct pronunciation of words which appear in the narrative, whether they be latin or common English. The narration jars tje listener and takes you out of the story.

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A great story with an Iffy Narrator

If you enjoyed the first two Emperor books, I urge you to try to get into a rhythm with the downgrade in narration (as many have already noted) and continue with the series, as it expands on Julius universe on multiple fronts in his roughly 10 years away from Rome, while also laying the seed for his return to Rome.

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Good book, bad narration.

Pronunciation was very odd and offputting. Narrator sounded bored, even halfway through a yawn at times. Not sure why they changed the narrator halfway through the series, but the fellow who read the first two was miles better.

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why change narrators?

adore this series but Robert Glenister was an amazing narrator. don't like the new one as much.

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Not as good as 1 and 2

The overall story wasn't as engaging. The narrator didn't help as he pronounced many names differently and also I didn't like his the way he read with big in-takes of breath.

I'm going to continue on with the series but I'd like the narrator from books one and two back.

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narrator can't pronounce letter "V"<br />

the narrator can't pronounce the letter "V" it certainly takes allot aout of the majic of the story

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reader issue

I liked the narrator of book 2 a lot better than this guy. Obviously this narrator did not listen to book 2 at all and he pronounced so many of the names differently in this book. Annoying to hear so many characters have their names pronounced completely differently from one bokk to the next. Love the story though.

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