Iron and Rust (Throne of the Caesars, Book 1) (Throne of the Caesars)

Sidebottom, Harry

ISBN 10: 0007499841 / ISBN 13: 9780007499847

Published by HarperCollins, 2014

About this Item

Seller Inventory # U9780007499847

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Iron and Rust (Throne of the Caesars, Book 1) (Throne of the Caesars)
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007499841
• ISBN 13: 9780007499847
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1757377507.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: 47256085
• Signed: 9/9/2025 12:25:07 AM
• Seller catalogs:
  • 2
  • U
  • 9780007499847

About this title

Synopsis

‘An amazing story of bloodlust, ruthless ambition and revenge’ The Times

From the bestselling author of WARRIOR OF ROME comes the first book in a new series set in third century Rome; a dramatic era of murder, coup, counter-rebellions and civil war.

In a single year six Emperors will lay claim to the Throne of the Caesars…

SPRING AD235

Dawn on the Rhine. A surprise attack and the brutal murder of the Emperor Alexander and his mother ends the Severan dynasty and shatters four decades of Roman certainty.

Military hero Maximinus Thrax is the first Caesar risen from the barracks. A simple man of steel and violence, he will fight for Rome.

The Senators praise the new Emperor with elaborate oratory, but will any of them accept a Caesar who was once a shepherd boy? And in the streets of the eternal city, others merely pray to escape imperial notice.

In the north, as the merciless war against the barbarians consumes men and treasure, rebellion and personal tragedy drive Maximinus to desperate extremes, bloody revenge and the borders of sanity.

Iron & Rust, the first book in a major new series, creates a world both sophisticated and brutal, yet firmly rooted in history; a world of intrigue, murder, passion and war, a world where men will kill to sit on the Throne of the Caesars.

About the Author

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.