{"product_id":"9780241689561","title":"Forged in Rome","description":"Author: Iggulden, Conn\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780241689561\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 25 Nov 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 432\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSitting alongside his \u003ci\u003eNero\u003c\/i\u003e series and set in \u003cb\u003eAncient Rome\u003c\/b\u003e, master storyteller Conn Iggulden's epic next novel follows \u003cb\u003ea freed slave's fierce fight to survive and ascend through the ranks of power\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAncient Rome, AD 37\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA scribe in a noble household, all Cormac has ever known is a life of slavery. When his master suddenly relieves him of his post, along with a hundred other men and women, Cormac is furnished with documents to free him from bondage but given no means to survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSomewhere between slave and citizen, the freedom to live is the freedom to starve too. All that was once orderly, structured and routine is now chaos, and Cormac must learn life anew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis writing skills have afforded him flickers of opportunity in a world far wealthier than his, but will he resist the pull of the city's underbelly? Can he untangle himself from its crimes?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eConn Iggulden's next novel will take readers on an epic journey to discover what one man - fighting against all the odds - will make of his freedom.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46729814507678,"sku":"UBD-9780241689561","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780241689561.jpg?v=1776650424","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780241689561","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}