{"product_id":"forged-in-rome-paperback-by-conn-iggulden-1","title":"Forged in Rome Paperback by Conn Iggulden","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003ePenguin UK\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2026-09-29)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e416\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781405965323\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e306.18\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e19.63 x 12.78 x 2.77\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE UNMISSABLE ADVENTURE FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, CONN IGGULDEN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan a slave . . . become a master?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAD 37.\u003c\/b\u003e The \u003cb\u003eRoman Republic\u003c\/b\u003e has become a \u003cb\u003etrue empire\u003c\/b\u003e, stretching from \u003cb\u003eEgypt\u003c\/b\u003e to the seacoast of \u003cb\u003eGaul\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eSixty million\u003c\/b\u003e people live under its rule.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003cb\u003escribe\u003c\/b\u003e in a \u003cb\u003enoble household\u003c\/b\u003e on the outskirts of the \u003cb\u003eempire’s greatest city\u003c\/b\u003e, a \u003cb\u003eyoung man\u003c\/b\u003e who has \u003cb\u003eno memory\u003c\/b\u003e of his past or his family. Where \u003cb\u003efreedom\u003c\/b\u003e exists for the \u003cb\u003eprivileged\u003c\/b\u003e few, he has only ever known a life of \u003cb\u003eslavery\u003c\/b\u003e. His name is \u003cb\u003eCormac\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Cormac’s master \u003cb\u003edies\u003c\/b\u003e suddenly under \u003cb\u003esuspicious\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ecircumstances\u003c\/b\u003e, he finds himself furnished with documents \u003cb\u003efreeing\u003c\/b\u003e him from bondage.  Surviving somewhere \u003cb\u003ebetween slave and citizen\u003c\/b\u003e, he quickly discovers the dangers that come with freedom. The city is a pitiless place for those without allies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the winds of \u003cb\u003efate\u003c\/b\u003e are \u003cb\u003eshifting\u003c\/b\u003e. Cormac’s \u003cb\u003etalents\u003c\/b\u003e – his treasured ability to \u003cb\u003eread\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ewrite\u003c\/b\u003e – will soon take him from city slums to the mines of Gaul, to the island of Britannia and back to the hills of Rome.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSlave, scribe, soldier – Cormac will have to play Rome’s most dangerous game if he’s to secure wealth and power. For in this city, with skill, ambition and luck, perhaps such things can be won . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCONN IGGULDEN\u003c\/b\u003e 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: \u003ci\u003eDunstan\u003c\/i\u003e, set in the red-blooded world of tenth-century England and \u003ci\u003eThe Falcon of Sparta\u003c\/i\u003e, in which Iggulden returns to the Ancient World. Both instalments of his Athenian series, \u003ci\u003eThe Gates of Athens\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eProtector\u003c\/i\u003e, and his recent Golden Age series, Lion and Empire, are \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers. \u003ci\u003eTyrant \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eInferno\u003c\/i\u003e follow on from the\u003ci\u003e Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling \u003ci\u003eNero\u003c\/i\u003e in Iggulden's most recent series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48448551354529,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781405965323","price":21.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781405965323.jpg?v=1793347505","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/forged-in-rome-paperback-by-conn-iggulden-1","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}