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From the bestselling author of WARRIOR OF ROME comes the second book in an epic new series set in third century Rome; a dramatic era of murder, coup, counter-rebellions and civil war.
In a world of battle and betrayal men will fight – and kill – to sit on the Throne of the Caesars.
Rome, AD238
Emperor Maximinus’ reign hangs in the balance. At the helm of an empire that is bleeding manpower and money to sustain his wars in the north, rebellions flare in the far reaches of its territories.
In Africa, Gordian the Elder and Younger are proclaimed as the new Augusti. A family descending from the imperial bloodline, they represent a chance for the establishment to take back the empire.
In Rome, the first blood of the revolt is shed when an assassin murders Maximinus’ prefect and announces to Rome that their ruler is dead and the Gordians have taken the throne. Still bitter at having a soldier from the barracks wearing the imperial purple, the Senate endorses the rebellion: the Gordiani are hailed as Emperors.
But as chaos descends on the capital, news reaches Maximinus of the betrayal. A man of war, he acts with decisive brutality and violence. On the dusty plains outside Carthage, bloody battle will determine the fate of the Roman empire.
- Sales Rank: #1161128 in Books
- Published on: 2015-05-21
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.50" h x 1.93" w x 9.53" l, 1.78 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
Review
Praise for BLOOD & STEEL:
‘Absorbing, rich in detail and brilliant’ THE TIMES
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
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.
Blood & Steel is the second book in his bestselling series, Throne of the Caesars, and follows Harry Sidebottom’s acclaimed and bestselling series, Warrior of Rome. He divides his time between Oxford and Newmarket in Suffolk, where he lives with his wife and two sons.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
The Year of Six Emperors and you are there!
By Doug Welch
If you ever wanted to know what it was like as the ordered Classical World began to break down and become Dark Ages Europe, Harry Sidebottom's Throne of the Caesars series is a great place to start. In the previous novel, Iron and Rust, the barbaric monster general Maximinus Thrax was placed on the throne by members of the army who were disappointed by the boy ruler Severus Alexander. After the boy emperor was assassinated all sorts of intrigue was going on. It is not certain if Maximinus's rule is a settled affair and shortly after he takes the purple, plots swirl about the throne and in the Senate House. The Senate has become alienated and Maximinus has killed a number of Senators whom he deemed less than loyal to his new regime.
In Africa, patrician Senator Gordian and his epicurean son have become the focus of resistance as Maximinus's subordinates squeeze wealthy oligarchs to fund wars against the Allemani and Sarmatians.
The emperor on the battlefield is definitely in his element, but he has no time for court intrigue nor a Senate that has decided to back rebel usurping emperors more acceptable to themselves. When the Gordians' bid for power stalls, the "Conscript Fathers" of the Senate know they cannot back down in defying Maximius as he will be coming for them after he wraps up his campaign across the Danube.
I am only five chapters into this great book, but I am aware that this is a fictionalized account of 238AD, the year of SIX Emperors. This will not end well for the Senate, for the Roman Army or for any notable Roman citizen. Harry Sidebottom is an Oxford instructor in the Classics so the world he has constructed is very realistic, about as realistic as anybody can depict this chaotic age, as Cassius Dio calls it, the end of a kingdom of gold and the beginning of a kingdom of iron and rust. Sidebottom will put you into the thick of the action and intrigue!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Paranoia and the politics of (physical) survival
By JPS
This is the second volume in Harry Sidebottom’s new series “Throne of the Caesars.” It picks up the story straight after “Iron and Rust” which finished with the beginning of the Gordiani uprising, and it continues with the increasingly unstable reign of Maximinus, the “Barbarian” (he was of Thracian descent) soldier-Emperor risen from the ranks.
Again, the period on which this volume focuses is original, partly because it is so short: a bit less than three weeks from 6 to 25 March 238. The volume ends – a bit abruptly perhaps – with the failure of the rebellion of the Gordians, father and son, with the old father (he is 80 years old) governing Africa and his dissolute son being his legate. With the Emperor far away in the North and beyond the Danube frontier fighting against the Sarmatians, the challengers start a race to secure as much support for their somewhat desperate coup and usurpation before the terribly harsh soldier-emperor marches back to exact bloody retribution.
As usual with Harry Sidebottom’s books, just about all of the main events are historical. Even the elements that are not explicitly found in the sources are, at the very least, plausible, such as the Sassanian attack on Carrhae. Also very plausible is the way the battle was fought and won by Maximinus against the Iazyges (a branch of the Sarmatians). Just like the previous title, this one takes place some twenty years before the Ballista story and it contains a few hints and references of what is to come. There is mention of one sixteen-year old Angle hostage (Ballista/Dernhelm) held by Maximinus who is the son of an Angle King called Ysangrim far up in the North. There is also one young master of mercenaries from (fictitious?) Arete whom you will meet again in Fire in the East and who hires it out his men to protect caravans and is seen here fighting alongside the Romans and the Governor of Roman Mesopotamia Priscus.
As usual also, the action takes you over most of the Roman Empire as you follow what happens to the various characters that are spread across it, whether in Africa, Spain, Rome, the Danube frontier or the Eastern one. However, the two most fascinating points of this book are, once again, the author’s ability to portray the deleterious climate and mix of paranoia, fear, mistrust, treason and ambition that plagues all of the senior Roman characters, along with his ability to paint these characters and show them as believable human beings.
These two factors were prevalent in the first volume. They are also very much present in this one, hence this review’s title. Again, there are no “black or white” characters and no real heroes, but only human beings who, however powerful, are caught up in events they may have partly engineered but that they have to react to as best they can to survive.
So you have the Gordiani – father and son – who, after being forced to rebel, try hard to survive and therefore dethrone the Emperor against the odds, with their rebellion starting a chain reaction, as all other Governors have some hard choices to make. You have Themistius, who turns against the Emperor and put his (considerable) organisational skills at the service of the Gordiani supporters to save his skin. You also get the Governor of Mesopotamia who, in his spare moments when he is not trying to foil Sassanid attacks with too few troops, calculates how much support he can count upon from his fellow governors if push comes to shove. You also have Governor Decius (a future Emperor) in Spain for whom there is not the slightest doubt whatsoever since he is a firm, tough and determined supporter of Maximinus.
You also get the soldier-emperor himself, who, after having lost all of his faithful companions, is not isolated and increasingly paranoiac and subject to fits of rage and depression. He is also desperately aware that his own son is a sadistic coward who is not fit to succeed him and that he will have to (physically) eliminate at some point in the near future. If I was to pick a “favourite” character, Maximinus as depicted by Harry Sidebottom would probably be my favourite if only because the author does his utmost to depict him as believing that all what he does is for the good of Rome, and ready to do whatever it takes to ensure this “greater good”. Here again, the character is complex and evolves, becoming increasingly ferocious, cruel, tyrannical and delusional.
My only regret, or perhaps even my complaint, is that the author cuts of the story straight after the demise of the Gordiani in a rather abrupt fashion. I cannot complain. It is done in a rather skilful way but I would have preferred the story and this volume to finish with the siege of Aquilea and the end of Maximinian. Nor I will have to wait for months and months for the next title…
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Excellent, Brings Dry Roman History Alive
By J. Groen
This is another excellent book by Harry Sidebottom. The book covers a key year, 235 AD during the difficult third century of the Roman empire, when things appeared to be coming undone.
The coverage is for the short three week period of the attempt of Gordian I and II to overthrow Maximinus. The book ends with their defeat in battle and their deaths.
There are a number of battle scenes, but the most interesting part of the book is the political intrigue and back stabbing that occurred during this and probably most periods of the Roman Empire. Most of the Roman leaders where positioning themselves to get ahead, get even and try to survive. Many were not successful.
The book does have some explicit sexual content, which I guess was necessay, but in my opinion misfortunate.
I highly recommend this and all of Harry Sidebottom's historical fiction of the Roman empire. These books bring the dry history alive.
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