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Lion

The Golden Age, Book 1

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Lion

By: Conn Iggulden
Narrated by: Tim McInnerny
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Brought to you by Penguin.

The Lion, the first book in Conn Iggulden's epic new series The Golden Age.

After the Gods.

After the myths and legends came the world of Men.

In their front rank stood Pericles. The Lion of the Golden Age.

Experience the epic battlefields of Ancient Greece with master storyteller Conn Iggulden.

©2022 Conn Iggulden (P)2022 Penguin Audio Action & Adventure Ancient Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Science Fiction War & Military Ancient History Ancient Greece

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Enjoyed it as much as all Conns books, well performed. Definitely recommend, and looking forward to the final book of the series.

Excellent as always!

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3.5* but Audible still doesn’t allow 0.5 star ratings for some reason and, although worth your time, not a 4* production that the author is capable of.

Athens’ creates the Hellenic League, as tensions mount with Sparta, the Athenian Navy takes on Xerxes Persian army for the third and last time.

I’m a fan of this author, his historical novels are often very good to superior. This one is good, the author does a reasonable job with his characterisations but somehow fails to reach its potential for bringing in a dynamic, vibrant, living history. It fails to live up to the Iggulden’s best work.

Good, but not the author’s best.

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I have enjoyed many Conn Iggulden’s audiobooks so was looking forward to another. Unfortunately, this one was spoiled by Tim McInnerny using Lord Percy’s, from Blackadder, inflection for the voice of Pericles. This, for me, resulted in the character coming across as an immature boy. Carried on to the end as the subject was interesting.

Lord Percy

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Good historical story with the necessary facts.
I can just imagine how life was on those boats and the disembarking to match into battle.

interesting story

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Good story but lacked the excitement of other Iggulden books and because his books are generally of a high standard, I was a bit disappointed.

Good but below Iggulden’s normal high standard

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Generally love Conn Iggulden however not the most engrossing tale. Sideline around plays was unnecessary.

Not his best.

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Great historical story well told by a master story teller and author such as Iggulden.

entertaining

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it's true this is a slightly "longer" book to his previous Greek books but it is all setting the scene and providing important background to new characters and the complex relationships across Greece.

Rich with history and setting the scene for 2+3

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Cannot recommend Conn Iggulden enough to anyone interested in ancient history. The reader was okay but some of the voices didn’t match the imagined characters

Another brilliant story

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It was a great story. The reader was very good at enacting the characters. Listening to this book was a great pleasure.

Great story and great reader

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