{"product_id":"books-the-last-hour-by-harry-sidebottom","title":"The Last Hour","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A ripping story...this transplanting of \u003ci\u003e24 \u003c\/i\u003eto Ancient Rome is a great success' \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor readers of Bernard Cornwell, Ben Kane, Simon Scarrow and Conn Iggulden, this is a thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA lone figure stands silhouetted atop the Mausoleum of Hadrian. Behind him, the sun is setting over the centre of the known world. Far below, the river is in full flood. The City of Rome lies spread out before him on the far bank.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFootsteps pound up the stairs. He's been set up. An enemy is closing in; he is cornered. He jumps.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBruised and battered, he crawls out of the raging river.  He is alone and unarmed, without money or friends, trapped in a deadly conspiracy at the heart of the Empire. The City Watch has orders to take him alive; other, more sinister, forces want him dead.  As the day dies, he realises he has only 24 hours to expose the conspirators, and save the leader of the world. If the Emperor dies, chaos and violence will ensue. If the Emperor dies, every single person he loves will die.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe must run, bluff, hide and fight his way across the Seven Hills. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe must reach the Colosseum, and the Emperor.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe must make it to The Last Hour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Last Hour\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Relentless, brutal, brilliant, this is Jack Reacher in ancient Rome' \u003ci\u003eBen Kane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A cracking tale. More twists and turns than the Tiber itself'  \u003ci\u003eRory Clements\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Cracking, page-turning stuff' \u003ci\u003eJames Swallow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Grabbed me from the start. I loved it' \u003ci\u003eDonna Leon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Harry Sidebottom:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Makes  you feel as though you are there' Bettany Hughes, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Harry Sidebottom's epic tale starts with a chilling assassination and goes on, and up, from there' Mary Beard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An amazing story of bloodlust, ruthless ambition and revenge' Kate Saunders, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An extraordinarily vivid take on the ancient world. Think of \u003ci\u003eThe Killing \u003c\/i\u003ecrossed with Andy McNab crossed with Mary Beard, and you're there' David Sexton, \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Ancient Rome has long been a favourite ­destination for writers of historical military fiction. Much the best of them is Harry ­Sidebottom' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Swashbuckling as well as bloody, yet curiously plausible ... a real gift for summoning up a sense of place' \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The best sort of red-blooded historical fiction - solidly based on a profound understanding of what it meant to be alive in a particular time and place' Andrew Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Absorbing, rich in detail and brilliant' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54424425529617,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781785764219.jpg?v=1787605207","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-the-last-hour-by-harry-sidebottom","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}