{"product_id":"b0h3sqm6w3","title":"A Day in the Life of a Gladiator: An Alternative History of Ancient Rome","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou will love Harry Sidebottom’s magnificent, blood-drenched study of the life of a gladiator … Was I not entertained? I absolutely was.' Dominic Sandbrook,  The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Grippingly original' Tom Holland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e***A  TIMES  AND  ECONOMIST  BOOK OF THE YEAR***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn ancient Rome, a single day could decide a gladiator’s fate. Follow in their footsteps with bestselling author Harry Sidebottom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTake a seat at the feast on the eve of the games and watch as the men marked for combat enjoy their final meal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt dawn, Roman citizens rush to the Colosseum to see the spectacles: wild-beast hunts, public executions and carefully choreographed violence – all part of a good day’s entertainment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWatch as the gladiators enter the arena – armour gleaming, shields locked, they step into the light, fighting not just for survival but for the favour of the crowd.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGripping, immersive and grounded in ancient sources,  A Day in the Life of a Gladiator  illuminates the reality of Roman life and death in all its glory. This is history as it happened – not in the marble halls of emperors, but on the blood-darkened sand of the arena.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePreviously published in hardback as  Those Who Are About to Die .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52759886758104,"sku":"YSL20814","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/3356\/2072\/files\/91FebZMxjjL._SY1500.jpg?v=1792640206","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmebay.com\/products\/b0h3sqm6w3","provider":"BookMebay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}