Country United Kingdom Name Gladiator: for Publication date 3 February 2011 | Series Gladiator series Language English Role Book by Simon Scarrow Genres Young-adult fiction | |
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Pages 352 pp. (paperback)272 pp. (hardcover) Similar Gladiator: Street Fighter, Gladiator: Son of Spartacus, The Legion, The Eagle in the Sand, The Gladiator | ||
Originally published February 3, 2011 Followed by Gladiator: Street Fighter | ||
Gladiator: Fight for Freedom is the first book in the Gladiator Series, by Simon Scarrow and is his first book for young adults. Set in Rome in 61BC, it tells the story of Marcus Cornelius Primus who is enslaved and becomes a gladiator.
Contents
Plot summary
Marcus Cornelius Primus is a young gladiator that was a farm boy until he was kidnapped away from his mother and father, who is a retired general. He is sold as a slave to a gladiator school and is trying to find help and justice to stop the people that took him.
Style
The Gladiator series is intended for young teens and older. The story is quite clear, fast and without excessive details. The frequent action scenes are described very precisely and graphically.
References
Gladiator: Fight for Freedom Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA