Full name: Spartacus: The Gladiator

Author: Ben Kane Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Historical fiction, Fiction, War/Military, Fantasy, Adventure Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781848093409 1848093403

Historically very little is known about Spartacus. We know that he came from Thrace, a land north of Greece, that he once fought in the Roman legions and that, during two fateful years, he led a slave army which nearly brought Rome to its knees. In Ben Kane's brilliant novel, we meet Spartacus as he returns to Thrace, ready to settle down after a decade away. But a new king has usurped the throne. Treacherous and violent, he immediately seizes Spartacus and sells him to a Roman slave trader looking for new gladiators. The odyssey has begun which will see Spartacus become one of the greatest legends of history, the hero of revolutionaries from Karl Marx to Che Guevara, immortalised on screen, and now brought to life in Ben Kane's great bestseller - a novel which takes the story to its halfway point and is continued in Spartacus: Rebellion. Similar books: Daughters of Rome by Kate Quinn Lion of the Sun by Harry Sidebottom Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn The Road to Rome by Ben Kane The Forgotten Legion by Ben Kane Fire in the East by Harry Sidebottom I Am Livia by Phyllis T. Smith The Silver Eagle by Ben Kane The Confessions of Young Nero by Margaret George Empress of the Seven Hills by Kate Quinn The Blood of the Gods by Conn Iggulden Rome: The Emperor's Spy by M. C. Scott King of Kings by Harry Sidebottom Gods and Legions by Michael Curtis Ford Empire by Steven Saylor Hannibal: Enemy of Rome by Ben Kane Sword of Kings by Bernard Cornwell The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon Hawk Quest by Robert Lyndon