Giveaway! 'Caligula' - Douglas Jackson

Thanks to me being audited, at work, I didn't have time to finish off my review of 'Busted Flush' (look out for it tomorrow instead) but hopefully this should do in the meantime... :o)

Thanks to Transworld Books I have three copies of Douglas Jackson's 'Caligula' to give to three lucky winners (it didn't make the 'Gizmo Reading Pile' yesterday but it's not far off!). Here's the blurb...

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, the third Roman Emperor, is better known by another name: Caligula, a name synonymous with decadence, cruelty and madness. His reign was marked by excess, huge building projects, the largest gladiatorial battles Rome was ever to see – men and animals killed in their hundreds – conspiracies, assassination attempts and sexual scandal.

Rufus as a young slave grows up far from the corruption of the imperial court. His master is a trainer of animals for the gladiatorial arena. Rufus discovers that he has a natural ability with animals, a talent for controlling and schooling them. It is at the arenas that Rufus meets his great friend Cupido, one of Rome’s greatest gladiators.

It is his growing reputation as an animal trainer and his friendship with Cupido that attracts the cruel gaze of the Emperor. Caligula wants a keeper for the imperial elephant and Rufus is bought from his master and taken to the imperial palace. Life here is dictated by Caligula’s ever shifting moods. Caligula is as generous as he is cruel, he is a megalomaniac who declares himself a living god and simultaneously lives in constant fear of the plots against his life. But his paranoia is not misplaced, intrigue permeates his court, and Rufus and Cupido find themselves unwittingly placed at the centre of a conspiracy to assassinate the Emperor.

Does it sound like your kind of thing? Are you a UK or European resident (they're the only people who can enter this one I'm afraid...)? If you've answered 'yes' to both of these questions then simply drop me an email (address at the top right hand side of the screen) telling me who you are and what your mailing address is. I'll let this competition run until this coming Sunday (25th January) and announce the winners on the following Monday...

Good Luck!