Conn Iggulden is one of the most successful authors of historical fiction writing today. He has written four previous bestselling historical series, including Wars of the Roses. Dunstan is a stand-alone novel set in the red-blooded world of tenth-century England, and The Falcon of Sparta is a stand-alone in which Iggulden returns to the Ancient World. Both instalments of Conn's Athenian series, The Gates of Athens and Protector, were instant Sunday Times bestsellers. Lion is the first book in Conn's epic new series, The Golden Age.
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In 1437, the Lancaster king Henry VI ascends the throne of England after years of semi-peaceful regency. Named 'The Lamb,' Henry is famed more for his gentle and pious nature than his father's famous battlefield exploits; already, his dependence on his cl... SEE MORE