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 the cultural history of the Roman Empire.

Fire and Sword is the third book in the acclaimed series, Throne of the Caesars, and follows his bestselling series, Warrior of Rome. He divides his time between Oxford and Newmarket in Suffolk, where he lives which his wife and two sons.