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| Original Title: | The Forgotten Legion |
| ISBN: | 1848090080 (ISBN13: 9781848090088) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Forgotten Legion Chronicles #1 |
| Setting: | Rome(Italy) |
Ben Kane
Hardcover | Pages: 432 pages Rating: 4.01 | 5199 Users | 296 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Forgotten Legion (Forgotten Legion Chronicles #1) |
| Author | : | Ben Kane |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
| Published | : | May 1st 2008 by Preface Publishing (first published 2008) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction |
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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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Ratings: 4.01 From 5199 Users | 296 ReviewsColumn Appertaining To Books The Forgotten Legion (Forgotten Legion Chronicles #1)
I liked this. Ben Kane pays attention to the downtrodden and underprivileged in Rome, which I appreciate, and here he chooses an Etruscan and a Gaul among his mains. There were emotional moments in the arena when fellow victims of the Roman state cannot be true to one another, as they want to. My heart-strings were tugged. I appreciated the girl's gutsy determination when consigned to a brothel, and only found unbelievable that she decided to survive and thrive before she had gone through theThis was a solid start to a promising series (well, promising for me as the series was already written...). A bit slow in the beginning and during various sections, but overall I really enjoyed it.Now, to vent a little... all of you idiots out there who trashed the book because it upset your narrow, rainbow-filled vision of the world - take your effing heads out of the sand. Yes, there was teen-aged prostitution in this book, but she was a slave and in case you haven't heard, slaves were
If you enjoy historical adventures set during the time of the Roman Legions (Julius Caesar timeframe), you might enjoy The Forgotten Legion, the 1st book in Ben Kane's Forgotten Legion Chronicles. If you don't like violence in books, you might have to think about it.The story focuses on 4 people. Romulus and Fabiola are twins and slaves of land-owner Gemellus. He is awful (but that's not unique in this story), abusing the twins' mother regularly and just mistreating his slaves. Tarquinius is an
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
Ben Kane has told an interesting tale of 4 people that I found not only entertaining but informational as well. I had a little trouble with the idea of Romulus becoming so successful as a gladiator at the age of 14. Maybe a bit more believable if he had been 16-17. Fabiola was quite a believable character and became a stronger force as the story is woven. On to the sequel.
Well researched , awfully written. " he laughed cruelly as he bore down upon the buxom serving wench". Worst sex scenes ever , terrible dialogue and a plot full of holes. The character who can read the future is umbelievably annoying. Wooden , very wooden.
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. Tarquinius is an Etruscan proud of his heritage, who has been schooled in the ancient arts of divination by Olenus, a wise and resourceful teacher and mentor. He lives with his parents as slaves on a large
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