THE FORGOTTEN LEGION.
by KANE, BEN:
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- ISBN 10
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- ISBN 13
- 9781848090088
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About This Item
Author's debut novel,uncommon with a low print run,and highly sought after.
Against overwhelming odds,the tattered remnants of a once-huge Roman army fight for their lives at the very edge of the known world.
Among them are three men whose friendship has been forged in the bloody crucible of a hopeless war and the bitter knowledge that they are bound forever in servitude to the Republic.
Tarquinius is an Etruscan,a warrior and soothsayer,born enemy of Rome,but doomed to fight for the Republic in the Forgotten Legion.
Brennus is a Gaul: the Romans killed his entire family.He rises to become one of the most famous and feared gladiators of his day - and mentor to the boy slave,Romulus, who dreams night and day of escape and revenge.
Romulus and Fabiola are twins,born into slavery after their mother is raped by a drunken nobleman.At thirteen years old they are sold: Romulus to gladiator school, Fabiola into prostitution,where she will catch the eye of one of the most powerful men in Rome.
The lives of these four characters are bound and interwoven in this marvellous story,which begins in a Rome riven by corruption,violence and political enmities,but ends far away,at the very border of the known world,where Romulus, Brennus and Tarquinius find themselves fighting against the Parthians and impossible odds.
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Synopsis
Ben Kane was born in Kenya and raised there and in Ireland. He studied veterinary medicine at University College Dublin, but after that, he travelled the world extensively, indulging his passion for ancient history. Now he lives in North Somerset, where he researches, writes and practises as a small animal vet. The Forgotten Legion , born of a lifelong fascination with military history in general, and Roman history in particular, is his first novel. From the Hardcover edition.
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The book is set in ancient Rome,from gladiators to prostitution. Brutal at times Impressive read.
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- R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- THE FORGOTTEN LEGION.
- Author
- KANE, BEN:
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE.
- Jacket Condition
- VG.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1848090080
- ISBN 13
- 9781848090088
- Publisher
- LONDON.PREFACE,2008.
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 2008-07-08
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