Conn Iggulden: Return to Rome

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As British Book Award-winner and the first person to top the UK fiction and non-fiction charts at the same time, Conn Iggulden is a superstar of historical writing. Tyrant, his latest novel in the bestselling Nero trilogy, returns to ancient Rome to find newly crowned Emperor Nero defending his position by becoming the most feared ruler in Roman history. Join us today to hear how Iggulden interweaves fiction with fact to create page-turning stories

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