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We have teamed up with our friends over at Penguin Random House to offer you the chance of winning a thrilling competition. An intriguing combination of prizes, to celebrate the launch of Conn Iggulden’s first novel in his much-awaited new trilogy, Nero: a bottle of our exclusive and highly limited Balblair 2006, with a run of just 564 bottles, a two-night stay in a historic Roman Town of your choice, courtesy of Country Hotel Breaks, plus a signed copy of Nero.
Read more about Conn Iggulden and his new book, Nero, on page 70 of the latest Whiskeria.
One winner will receive a two-night stay for two in a double room at one of the historic Roman Town collection of hotels. Luton Hoo Hotel, St Albans – Verulamium, and the charming Widbrook Grange Hotel, Bath Aquae Sulis are just a couple of the stunning hotels available in this bespoke Country Hotel Breaks collection.
Includes breakfast for two on both mornings, dinner for two on one evening*, a bottle of Prosecco on arrival, plus late check-out.
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Set at the heart of a Roman dynasty drenched in danger, intrigue and Machiavellian power struggles, the first book in Conn's brand-new series follows empress Agrippina's battle to secure her son Nero's succession.
Ancient Rome, AD 37
True Roman justice begins and ends with one man’s hand around another’s throat . . .
The fate of a dynasty hangs in the balance.
Into this fevered forum, Agrippina, granddaughter of Emperor Augustus, gives birth to a son: Nero. Imperial blood courses through their veins but will offer no protection. If they are to survive amongst tyrants, they must learn to walk a razor’s edge.
Agrippina knows all too well that darkness and power plays of Machiavellian proportions lie at the empire’s shadowy heart. She faces soldiers, senators, rivals, silver-tongued pretenders, each vying for position. One mistake risks exile, incarceration, execution. Or, worst of all, the loss of her infant son.
But even in her darkest moments, Agrippina sees the glint of opportunity. Her son is everything. She is a kingmaker. She will shape this boy into Rome itself – the one all must kneel before.
But first, mother and son must survive . . .
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CONN IGGULDEN is one of the most successful authors of historical fiction writing today, with bestselling series on Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan and the Wars of the Roses, as well as two stand-alone novels: Dunstan, set in the red-blooded world of tenth-century England, and The Falcon of Sparta, in which Iggulden returns to the Ancient World. Both instalments of his Athenian series, The Gates of Athens and Protector, and his recent Golden Age series, Lion and Empire, are Sunday Times bestsellers.
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