Harry Sidebottom
Praise for Those Who Are About To Die
Wonderfully panoramic … as an account of the games and the lives of the gladiators alone it is endlessly informative, rich with unexpected detail but never heavy to read
Literary Review
A grippingly original way of making the alien world of the Roman amphitheatre both accessible and comprehensible
Tom Holland, co-host of The Rest is History and Sunday Times bestselling author of Rubicon
A most enjoyable book. Ingeniously, Sidebottom uses twenty-four hours in the life of a gladiator as a springboard for a fascinating exploration of Roman ways and the Roman mind
Matthew Kneale, Sunday Times bestselling author of Rome: A History in Seven Sackings
Wonderfully panoramic … as an account of the games and the lives of the gladiators alone it is endlessly informative, rich with unexpected detail but never heavy to read
Literary Review
A grippingly original way of making the alien world of the Roman amphitheatre both accessible and comprehensible
Tom Holland, co-host of The Rest is History and Sunday Times bestselling author of Rubicon
A most enjoyable book. Ingeniously, Sidebottom uses twenty-four hours in the life of a gladiator as a springboard for a fascinating exploration of Roman ways and the Roman mind
Matthew Kneale, Sunday Times bestselling author of Rome: A History in Seven Sackings
Wonderfully panoramic … as an account of the games and the lives of the gladiators alone it is endlessly informative, rich with unexpected detail but never heavy to read
Literary Review
A grippingly original way of making the alien world of the Roman amphitheatre both accessible and comprehensible
Tom Holland, co-host of The Rest is History and Sunday Times bestselling author of Rubicon
A most enjoyable book. Ingeniously, Sidebottom uses twenty-four hours in the life of a gladiator as a springboard for a fascinating exploration of Roman ways and the Roman mind
Matthew Kneale, Sunday Times bestselling author of Rome: A History in Seven Sackings
