<p><b>A <i>Sunday Times</i> Book of the Year</b><br><br><b>'A stunning work of historical imagination . . . masterful in its portrayal of love, sex and friendship' - <i>The Observer</i><br><br>'Sparrow [is] truly unforgettable' – </b><b><i>Daily Mail</i><br><br>Meet Jacob – aka Sparrow – a boy slave in the Spanish city of New Carthage in the last years of pagan Rome. </b><br><br>Raised in a brothel at the edge of a dying empire, a boy of no known origin creates his own identity. He is Sparrow, who sings without reason and can fly from trouble. His world is a kitchen, a herb-scented garden, a loud and dangerous tavern, and the mysterious upstairs where the ‘wolves’ – prostitutes and slaves from every corner of the empire – conduct their business.<br><br>He spends his
