Book description
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.
Ben Kane was born in Kenya and raised there and in Ireland. He
studied veterinary medicine and University College, Dublin, but after
that he travelled the world extensively, indulging in his passion for
ancient history. He lives in North Somerset with his wife and two young
children.
