Synopsis
Sparrow is the Sunday Times bestselling historical epic by James Hynes. An incredibly moving story of one boy’s journey to freedom in the harsh world of the Roman Empire.
Raised in a brothel at the edge of a dying empire, a boy of no known origin creates his own identity. He is Sparrow.
Sparrow’s world consists of a kitchen and herb-scented garden, a loud and dangerous tavern, and the mysterious upstairs where the wolves, the women who have shaped his world, conduct their business. Where freedom is only for a privileged few, Sparrow’s life is hard-edged and violent.
But change is coming. The world outside his garden is about to be reshaped, and as an empire crumbles, murder and mayhem will come to Sparrow’s door. As the only family he’s ever known scatters, will Sparrow fall – or fly?
‘Unforgettable’ - Daily Mail
‘Utterly engrossing . . . this coming of age story reaches across millennia to grab us by the throat’ – Emma Donoghue, author of Room
‘Masterful in its portrayal of love, sex and friendship’ – The Observer
Details
11 April 2024
9781529092417Reviews
A stunning work of historical imagination . . . Masterful in its portrayal of love, sex and friendship
Utterly engrossing, vivid, and honest, this coming of age story reaches across millennia to grab us by the throat
An unnerving, exhilarating, unflinching portrayal of sex, slavery and sisterhood . . . This is a novel of ancient times for our times. And it is splendid, a work of scorching distinction
Sparrow is a brilliantly written page-turner, a complex, vital, sometimes brutal story told with heartrending beauty
