Falling Sky :The gripping historical thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller
Falling Sky :The gripping historical thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller
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Published:
13 October, 2022
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The thrilling new historical adventure in the Warrior of Rome series from Sunday Times bestseller Harry Sidebottom.
*** 'What Bernard Cornwell is to the Napoleonic Wars, Harry Sidebottom is to Roman legions: unassailable' - THE TIMES ***
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AD 265, Gaul - The Roman Empire is on the brink.
Emperor Gallienus has amassed a huge army across the Alps to seize back the mountains from the usurper Postumus.
War has come.
Ballista and his cavalry are on the frontline, battling in the most brutal of conditions. But if he is to survive the campaign and finally retire to his beloved Sicily, it's not just the battlefield he needs to navigate.
As he and Praetorian Prefect Volusianus lay siege to Postumus' armies, it becomes clear the greatest threat to Ballista's life might just come from within his ranks. After all, Volusianus has shown he will go to any distance for his own ends. Is Ballista just another pawn in his game?
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Praise for Harry Sidebottom's historical novels:
'An extraordinarily vivid take on the ancient world' - EVENING STANDARD
'Explosive action and knuckle-whitening drama' - GUARDIAN
'The best sort of red-blooded historical fiction' - ANDREW TAYLOR
'More twists and turns than the Tiber itself' - RORY CLEMENTS
'Sidebottom's prose blazes with searing scholarship' - THE TIMES
'Relentless, brutal, brilliant' - BEN KANE
'A storming triumph' - DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Epic' - MARY BEARD
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781838778019 |
| ISBN10 | 1838778012 |
| Number Of Pages | 400 |
| Item Weight | 632 g |
| Product Dimensions | 163 x 242 x 36 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Zaffre |
| Format | hardback |
Media Reviews
It's nailbiting! Harry conjures up the Roman Empire so vividly, and I love his characters, they're so believable * HISTORIA MAGAZINE *
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Author's Bio
Harry Sidebottom teaches Ancient History at Oxford University. His career as a novelist began with his Warrior of Rome series, which has sold over half a million copies. His next series, Throne of Caesars, was equally acclaimed. The Last Hour and The Burning Road introduced us once again to Marcus Clodius Ballista, hero of the Warrior of Rome books. The Shadow King is his fifteenth novel, and his first set in Ancient Greece.