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| Title | : | The Forgotten Legion (Forgotten Legion Chronicles #1) |
| Author | : | Ben Kane |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
| Published | : | May 1st 2008 by Preface Publishing (first published 2008) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction |
Ben Kane
Hardcover | Pages: 432 pages Rating: 4.01 | 5199 Users | 296 Reviews
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An epic Roman novel which follows three men and one woman bound in servitude to the Republic.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.
Tarquinius is an Etruscan warrior and soothsayer, and an 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.
The lives of the four are bound together into a marvellous story which begins in a Rome riven by corruption, violence and politics, and ends far away at the very border of the known world.
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| Original Title: | The Forgotten Legion |
| ISBN: | 1848090080 (ISBN13: 9781848090088) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Forgotten Legion Chronicles #1 |
| Setting: | Rome(Italy) |
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Ratings: 4.01 From 5199 Users | 296 ReviewsArticle Appertaining To Books The Forgotten Legion (Forgotten Legion Chronicles #1)
The Forgotten Legion tells the story about four people whose destinies are weaved together during the last gasps of the Roman Republic (ie before Julius Caesar became dictator).What marks this novel as different is that the main protagonists are either victims of Roman oppression (Brennus the Gaul, Tarquinius the Etruscan) or from the lowest class of Romans (the slave twins, Romulus and Fabiola). On the well-worn literary road that is the Roman Republic/Empire historical adventure novel, weLovers of the "chunky" book, rejoice, at a mere 544 pages you will share in a bit of heaven. Those who are slightly intimidated by larger-than-normal tomes, do not let the thickness scare you. The Forgotten Legion is a delightfully engrossing tale based in Ancient Rome. Author Ben Kane does a suburb job mixing fact with fiction to create a story that will not soon be forgotten. The extensive research done by the author is apparent and lends a deeper reading experience and the ability to truly
Awesome start to the trilogy. The battle scenes are extremely well portrayed and the sense of palpaple dread that the Roman army starts to feel is handled extremely realistically. The choices made by the Roman commanders and the subsequent consequences is also extremely well portrayed. The political situation at the time is also well portrayed. Many of these large events though are portrayed as a background to the main characters allowing the characters and the reader to dip in an out of these
Historical Fiction can be a fickle genre, at times. It can be hard to pin the genre down, and its popularity doesn't seem as widespread as most others (which is, I imagine, part of the reason historical fiction is tucked into the folds of the 'fiction & literature' section in most bookstores, rather than enjoying its own separate section). Yet, in broad terms I think of historical fiction writers much like I do science fiction writers; landing on a spectrum: with one end being professional
This is a complicated five star rating for this book. Ben tells a good story with a unique point of view not seen in many books set in this time period. The story has an obvious plot and the book is well organized. My main concern and issue about this book was that little effort was put into creating a connection between the characters and the reader, in my opinion this is a fatal mistake. If the reader does not care about the characters the reader wont care what happens to the characters and
I'm always picky when it comes to historical novel (I'm a major history geek), and this one didn't win me over immediately... but I ended up loving it! Its the story of an Etruscan seer and soldier named Tarquinius, a gladiator named Brennus and two twins Fabiola and Romulus, sold by their owner respectively to a brothel and gladiator school at the age of 13. Romulus, Brennus and Tarquinius meet each other when the two former slaves decide to escape to Asia and join Crassus army in order to do
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