Praise for IRON & RUST: 'An amazing story of bloodlust, ruthless ambition and revenge' THE TIMES Praise for Harry Sidebottom: 'Sidebottom's prose blazes with searing scholarship' THE TIMES 'Superior fiction, with depth, authenticity and a sense of place' TLS 'A storming triumph...wonderful fight scenes, deft literary touches and salty dialogue' DAILY TELEGRAPH

Dr Harry Sidebottom teaches classical history at the University of Oxford, where he is a Fellow of St Benet's Hall and a lecturer at Lincoln College. He has an international reputation as a scholar, having published widely on ancient warfare, classical art and the cultural history of the Roman Empire. Iron & Rust is the first book in a major new series, Throne of the Caesars, and follows his acclaimed and bestselling series, Warrior of Rome. He divides his time between Oxford and Newmarket in Suffolk, where he lives which his wife and two sons.