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THE FORGOTTEN LEGION By: Ben Kane
St. Martin's Griffin
January 2010
On Sale: January 5, 2010
544 pages ISBN: 0312601247 EAN: 9780312601249 Paperback
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Fiction Family Life | Historical
Romulus and Fabiola are twins, born into slavery, and then later sold: Romulus to gladiator school, and Fabiola into prostitution, where she will catch the eye of one of the most powerful men in Rome. Tarquinius is an Etruscan, a warrior, born enemy of Rome and trained by the last haruspex in theΒ forgotten arts of divination.Β A runaway slave, then an AWOL Legionaire, he has a long foretold destiny that will take him to the ends of the known world. Brennus is a GaulΒ who lost his entireΒ clain in a battle against the Roman Army.Β After being sold as a slave he rises to bcome one of the most famous and feared gladiators of his day. The lives of these four are interwoven in story that ranges from a Rome riven by corruption, violence and political enmities to ends of the empire, where Romulus, Brennus and Tarquinius find themselves fighting against the Parthians and overwhelming odds - members of The Forgotten Legion.
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