Lewis Grassic Gibbon
Spartacus
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Rome, 73 BC. Kleon, a Greek slave, wakes early, cuts his master's throat, and flees south by a back road, clutching a copy of Plato's Republic. His destination is Capua, where he hopes to join the burgeoning rebel army of Spartacus, an escaped gladiator. So begins the definitive telling of one of the most famous stories in history. Spartacus and his companions, having burst out of the ludus where they were held, defeated every Roman force sent against them, are plundering the countryside and gathering to their ranks thousands of fugitives, brigands and itinerants. They seek to create a new world, one where men are not owner and owned. But the…
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Rome, 73 BC. Kleon, a Greek slave, wakes early, cuts his master's throat, and flees south by a back road, clutching a copy of Plato's Republic. His destination is Capua, where he hopes to join the burgeoning rebel army of Spartacus, an escaped gladiator. So begins the definitive telling of one of the most famous stories in history. Spartacus and his companions, having burst out of the ludus where they were held, defeated every Roman force sent against them, are plundering the countryside and gathering to their ranks thousands of fugitives, brigands and itinerants. They seek to create a new world, one where men are not owner and owned. But they must first escape Italy, and the vengeful Roman legions already marshalling against them.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-84391-509-6
- EAN: 9781843915096
- Produktnummer: 36769402
- Verlag: Hesperus Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 239 S.
- Masse: H19.5 cm x B12.1 cm x D2.2 cm 217 g
- Gewicht: 217
Über den Autor
Lewis Grassic Gibbon was the nome de plume of James Leslie Mitchell (1901-35). Born in Aberdeenshire, Mitchell served in the Royal Army Service Corps and RAF before beginning a full-time writing career. His works, particularly his trilogy A Scots Quair, garnered considerable critical attention before his premature death.
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