Spartacus - Softcover

Grassic Gibbon, Lewis

3.86

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0748662960 ISBN 13: 9780748662968

Publisher: Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited, 2001

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An inspiring account of the uprising of the slaves against the Roman Empire in 73BC, led by the gladiator Spartacus. For Karl Marx, Spartacus was: the most splendid fellow that all ancient history has to show; great general, noble character, real representative of the ancient proletariat.

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A vivid story, packed with the wild hopes, the doomed dreams, the cruelty and licentiousness of the time. --Evening Standard

It would be impossible to overestimate Lewis Grassic Gibbon's importance . . . A Scot's Quair is a landmark work; it permeates the Scottish literary consciousness and colours all subsequent writing of its kind. --David Kerr Cameron

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Gibbon's knowledge is impressive, and the book is wonderful to read as fiction, as adventure, and as a history of people in the grip of exploitation and oppression.

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