Los asesinos del emperador

Synopsis of Los asesinos del emperador

«Los asesinos del emperador» is the historical novel by Santiago Posteguillo, published by Planeta in hardcover (1240 pages, in Spanish).

On September 18, AD 96, gladiators advance through the sewers of Rome with a plan that was to change history, but everything veers toward civil war, betrayals and the roar of the Colosseum. The novel narrates the rise of Marcus Ulpius Trajan, first Hispanic emperor, between the eruption of Vesuvius and the fall of a dynasty.

First installment of the Trajan Trilogy, a historical novel saga; part of the Special Collection published in 2017.

For readers of historical fiction set in Ancient Rome and followers of Santiago Posteguillo's sagas.