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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 | : | Anniversary 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.Rating Epithetical Books The Forgotten Legion (Forgotten Legion Chronicles #1)
Ratings: 4.01 From 5199 Users | 296 ReviewsCrit Epithetical Books The Forgotten Legion (Forgotten Legion Chronicles #1)
The Forgotten Legion started off with some great characters that I wanted to care about. An Etruscan soldier-mystic; a Gaul captured and thrown into the gladiator arena; and a brother/sister (twins) sold into slavery, one to the brothel and one to the gladiator school. Their fates intertwine in the time just a few years after Spartacus was defeated where Crassus, Pompey and Julius Caesar form the Triumvirate. I enjoyed the depiction of Roman life. Slaves, merchants, nobles, politicians and warsThis 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 found my opinion on this book changing direction quite noticeably once I reached a few hundred pages in, when it finally kicked into gear.Up until that point, I had found it lacking in virtually all that appealed to me in Kane's other books I'd read. It felt like a fairly generic Roman period story with little depth to the characters and not at all memorable.However, when I reached the 150-200 page mark (of a 600 odd page book), it seemed to have found it's stride at last and actually became
This book kept my attention throughout. The plot is well developed, if somewhat simple. The key to everything is revenge. Revenge revenge revenge. Yes it's been done and done some more, but suspend that disbelief and it works.We have a few sets of characters each with really good reasons to want, you guessed it, revenge. The key to all of this is the authenticity. The author clearly knows what he is talking about. This lifts the well developed characters from the pages and made me hope they do
I really hated Fabiola and Romulass master. I like that Romulas forms a friendship with Brennus when he is sold to the school. I like how Brutus gets Fabiola and how in the end he frees her. I like how Tarquinius, Romulas, and Brennus meet on the battlefield and become fast friends. I like that Fabiola still remembers her twin when she is set free. I really enjoyed this book.
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.
I was struggling with the cast chopping in the first third of this book. Actually, I was struggling to connect with the characters and the events. Isn't this meant to be legionary stuff? What I really appreciated was how the story takes a sudden left turn and finally propels the story forward. From there I was on board as the pace picked up until the close.
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