Spartacus. Il gladiatore che sfidò l'impero

"When Kleon heard the news from Capua he rose early one morning, being a literatus and unchained, crept to the room of his Master, stabbed him in the throat, mutilated that Master's body even as his own had been mutilated: and so fled from Rome with a stained dagger in his sleeve and a copy of Plato Leggi tutto

The Spartacus legend has been re-told many times by everyone from Stanley Kubrick (in 1960, with Kirk Douglas as the unlikely Thracian hero) to more recent accounts by Ben Kane (2012) and the strangely compelling ‘Starz’ cable TV version (with Australian actor Liam McIntyre, on 'location' in New Zea Leggi tutto

Birçoğumuzun dizi uyarlamasıyla tanıdığı Spartaküs'ü, bir de okuyarak tanımak istedim. Sonucunda da İskoç yazar Lewis Grassic Gibbon (1901-1935) tarafından yazılan Spartaküs eseriyle tanıştım. Trak bir köle olan gladyatör Spartaküs, M.Ö 109-M.Ö 71 yılları arasında yaşamıştır. Roma ordusunun altında k Leggi tutto

This is probably the best version of Spartacus and the Third Servile War. I loved the introduction of making a Republic in which the former masters aren't enslaved, and apart from that, the writing was done well and kept the ancient story alive and exciting.

Well worth the read if you are a Spartacus fan. The style of writing for me was a little hard to follow but the story builds up nicely and I really enjoyed reading it. I advise anyone who starts to read this book to keep going and finish it, it's well worth it

Probably the greatest historical book ever...

I first read this novel in my teens and was impressed by the strong narrative and authentic detail. Spartacus is the ultimate tragic hero and a gift for any historical novelist: there's plenty of intriguing gaps in the record for legitimate speculation. This book was written in 1933 and the language Leggi tutto

“Quando Cleone seppe la notizia che giungeva da Capua, si alzò presto una mattina ed essendo un literatus libero dalle catene, strisciò fino alla stanza del suo padrone, lo pugnalò alla gola, lo mutilò così come era stato mutilato lui stesso, e fuggì da Roma con uno stiletto sporco di sangue nella m Leggi tutto

A wonderfully written fictional novel of Spartacus. In this work, you truly "feel" the emotions of the characters and "see" the landscape of war. A fine work of art and literature....

Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s Spartacus may be your grandfather’s Spartacus, but is not likely your father’s or Kirk Douglas’ Spartacus from his 1960 motion picture. In a bit of prophecy from the final chapter, Gibbon, through the voice of Kleon, one of the slave commanders, said, “As this story will grow, Leggi tutto