Wow, it's been a whole week since I finished reading a book! You can tell school's back in session...
Anyway, I finished reading Conn Iggulden's "Emperor: Death of Kings" this morning, the second book in the Emperor series. Like the first, it was highly readable and brought life to the story of Julius Caesar, even if it wasn't 100% accurate historically. This one picks up where the last one left off: Caesar has fled Rome because of Sulla and is captured and held for ransom by a band of pirates. Bad mistake on the pirates' part: after his ransom is paid and he is set free, he immediately sets to work rounding up a band of willing men to go after them. They fight the pirates, take back their ransoms as well as the rest of the pirates' booty, and make their way home, killing a nasty Greek general and his troops in the process. Caesar returns triumphantly to Rome, a hero. Sulla has been assassinated in his absence. Caesar leaves again when Spartacus and his band of rebellious slaves threatens the safety of Rome, and is instrumental in crushing the rebellion (like I said, not very historically accurate). Worried about the loyalty he is inspiring in the soldiers, Pompey and Crassus send him and his legion to Spain, where book three picks up.
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