Smoke & Mirrors (A Short Story)

Dr Harry Sidebottom teaches classical history at the University of Oxford, where he is 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.

Praise for Harry Sidebottom:‘An amazing story of bloodlust, ruthless ambition and revenge’ THE TIMES‘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‘Explosive action and knuckle-whitening drama’ GUARDIAN