Aspects of History

Conn Iggulden on Ancient Greece, Pericles and Historical Fiction

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This week's chat is one of the most successful authors writing historical fiction, Conn Iggulden. He's written series on Julius Caesar and Genghis Khan, and more recently on Ancient Greece. Conn and I discuss his latest novel Lion, the Greeks and the Persians, Pericles and the beginnings of the Athenian Empire and Conn's approach to historical fiction.Conn Iggulden LinksLion following on from ProtectorDavid Gemmell's Lion of MacedonPlutarch's Nine Greek LivesThucydides The History of the Peloponnesian WarAeschylus The PersiansHerodotus The HistoriesAspects of History LinksJessie Childs on the English Civil WarAdam Zamoyski on Kissinger and UkraineRonan McGreevy on the assassination that sparked the Irish Civil War