The Forgotten Legion
Told from the perspective of four people at the margins of the Roman world and Roman society - slaves, gladiators, runaway soldiers - comes this epic tale of the late Roman Republic and the legendary Forgotten Legion that went beyond the furthest boundaries of the Roman world.
Told from the perspective of four people at the margins of the Roman world and Roman society - slaves, gladiators, runaway soldiers - comes this epic tale of the late Roman Republic and the legendary Forgotten Legion that went beyond the furthest boundaries of the Roman world.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312601249 (0312601247)
Publish date: January 5th 2010
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Pages no: 544
Edition language: English
Series: Forgotten Legion Chronicles (#1)
At best, I have a layman's interest in Ancient Rome. But I came across this novel in the downtown bookstore a few weeks ago, thumbed through its contents, was intrigued, and bought it.This is the first novel in a trilogy. There are 4 principal characters who are at the heart of the story. Tarqu...
Recipe for a Ben Kane book: add in lots of violence, hot women (who will be subject to big dollups of mysogyny/prostitution), a druid/seer and a barbarian warrior. Mix together and throw in to a turbulent period in Rome's history. Crowbar into the narrative tedious descriptions of ancient weapons an...
I have to confess I only took this out from my library as an audio book because of the reader who was Michael Praed whom I had a not so adolescence crush on since Robin of Sherwood.Synopsis"Romulus and Fabiola are twins, born into slavery after their mother is raped by a drunken nobleman. At thirtee...
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