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EMPEROR: The Blood of Gods, Book 5 (Unabridged)

By: Conn Iggulden
Narrated by: Michael Healy
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Julius Caesar has been assassinated. A nation is in mourning. Revenge will be bloody... Rome's great hero has been brutally murdered by his most trusted allies. While these self-appointed Liberatores seek refuge in the senate, they have underestimated one man: Caesar's adopted son Octavian, a man whose name will echo through history as Augustus Caesar.

Uniting with his great rival Mark Antony, Octavian will stop at nothing to seek retribution and avenge his father's death. His greatest hatred is reserved for Brutus, Caesar's childhood friend and greatest ally, now leader of the conspirators. As the people take to the streets of Rome, the Liberatores must face their fate. Some flee the city; others will not escape mob justice. Not a single one will die a natural death. And the reckoning will come for Brutus on the sweeping battlefield at Philippi.

The epic fifth novel in Conn Iggulden's bestselling 'Emperor' series.

©2013 Conn Iggulden (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Epic Fantasy Historical Fiction
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I loved the other emperor books and waited many years for this one.

The final battle sounds like it was a difficult one to describe and detail. But the lack of detail of the fight was disappointing for me personally.

A lot of times there was not anything really going on, but felt like conn tried to get too much into too few pages and the result was little detail.
That said I did enjoy it and look for are to more

Tethering on great but not quite there

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I really loved this last book of the Emperor series. Most exciting and informative learning of the days of retribution after Julius Caesar's assassination.

Listening to Conn's work, all of a sudden I love learning about history.

After listening to the previous four books it took me a long time to get used to this narrator. I found his voice dull in the extreme in comparison. But still...don't let that put you off a fantastic book. I strongly advise you to listen to all the books in order.

The most exciting Book in the series but...

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Three different readers over 5 books distracted from the enjoyment. The historical note was important.


Another great story but the reader was painful

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I only just managed to get to the end of this. The narrator is terrible. There is no excitement in his voice and the story suffers as a result.

Good story, horrible narrator

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Brilliant story, amazingly written. It's a pity he didn't write one more book about what happened after the Battle of Philippi.

Great Book

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The reader of this iBook is very much of lesser standard than the reader of the first of the books in this series

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A good wrap up after one of history‘s most famous assassination. I’m sad it’s over, I wish Conn would write another five …

One of the best in the series

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Wish there were more books to follow. I thoroughly enjoyed this well written and mostly historically correct series. What a writer.

Brilliant

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Love the level of detail that has come from extensive research. Great conclusion to the series.

Brilliant

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I didn't enjoy Michael Healey's presentation
and found his pronunciation very distracting. story was good but a bit too much battle description for me.

distracting reader

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