Spartacus: The Gladiator (UK Signed Copy + Promo DVD)

Ben Kane

ISBN 10: 1848093403 / ISBN 13: 9781848093409

Published by Preface, London, 2012

About this Item

Second Printing. The Book is very fine, square, tight and unread. It is unmarked, with clean pages free of inscriptions or marks and has been signed by the author directly on to the title page. The book includes a copy of the DVD for the first episode of 'Spartacus: Blood & Sand' TV series attached to the inner face of the back board. The Dust Jacket is very fine, unfaded, unclipped (£12.99) and is free of rips, tears or marks. The jacket cover carries the promotional self adhesive label stating 'FREE SPARTACUS BLOOD AND SAND DVD INSIDE, Available at TESCO'. First Edition, Second Printing - Signed by the Author. All our books are covered with a clear, removable, chemically inert, protective wrapper before being securely bubble wrapped and dispatched in strong corrugated cardboard boxes. Seller Inventory # 13784

Bibliographic Details

Title: Spartacus: The Gladiator (UK Signed Copy + ...

Publisher: Preface, London

Publication Date: 2012

Binding: Hardback

Condition: Very Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine

Signed: Signed by Author

Edition: First Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

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.

Product Description:

Returning home to Thrace after a decade's service in the Roman army, Spartacus is betrayed by a royal rival and taken into captivity as a gladiator. Together with Crixus the Gaul he formulates a plan to escape from the gladiator school at Capua and to create a slave army to challenge Rome's military might.