THE FORGOTTEN LEGION

Book ID/图书代码： 11320007B16973

English Summary/英文概要： Romulus and Fabiola are twins, born into slavery after their mother is raped by a drunken nobleman on his way home from a good night out. At 13 years old, they and their mother are sold: Romulus to gladiator school, Fabiola into prostitution, where she will catch the eye of one of the most powerful men in Rome, and their mother into obscurity and death in the salt mines. Tarquinius is an Etruscan, a warrior and soothsayer, born 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 of revenge. The lives of these four characters are bound and interwoven in a marvellous story which begins in a Rome riven by corruption, violence and political enmities, but ends far away, at the very border of the known world, where Romulus, Brennus and Tarquinius find themselves fighting against the Parthians and overwhelming odds.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 罗姆鲁斯和法比奥拉是双胞胎，他们的母亲在一个深夜被一个喝醉的贵族强暴后生下了他们。在他们13岁的时候，他们同母亲一起被贩卖出去。罗姆鲁斯被卖到角斗场学校；法比拉奥则被迫卖淫，在那里她获得罗马最有权势者的青睐；他们的母亲行踪不明，最后死在盐矿里。塔奎尼乌斯，伊特拉斯坎人，是一名勇士和占卜者，天生为罗马的敌人，但却注定要为共和王国而战。布伦努斯是高卢人，曾遭罗马人满门灭族，现今渐渐成为最有名，也是最恐怖的角斗士，-----他是罗姆鲁斯，那个一直梦想有一天可以逃离奴隶的命运并报仇的孩子的指导师。这四位主人公的命运各自发展却又交织而成一个神奇的故事，由堕落，暴力，政治敌对的罗马时代讲起，但是结局却远远超越了已知世界的界限。罗姆鲁斯，布伦努斯，塔奎尼乌斯发现他们自己与帕提亚人战斗，在逆境中勇往直前。(zh)

Awards/获奖情况：It is doing brilliantly here – approximately 12,000 copies have been sold in hardback and export and we are on to our 5th print run. Rights were sold to St Martin’s Press in the US, Piemme in Italy, Ediciones B in Spain, Compupress in Greece and AST in Russia.
精装本已卖至12，000册，并已第五次再版。版权现已售：美国，意大利，西班牙，希腊和俄国。

About the Author/作者介绍： Ben Kane was born in Kenya and raised there and in Ireland. He studied veterinary medicine at University College Dublin but after he travelled the world extensively, indulging his passion for ancient history. Now he lives in North Somerset, where he researches, writes and practises as a small animal vet. The Forgotten Legion, born of a lifelong fascination with military history in general, and Roman history in particular, is his first novel.
本•凯恩（Ben Kane），出生于肯尼亚，童年在家乡和爱尔兰度过。曾在都柏林大学学兽医学，但是在环游世界后，他便沉迷于古代史中。现今他居住在北索默赛，他在那里进行写作以及研究。本书总体来说是一部军事史，尤其是罗马史。

Format:TRADE PAPERBACK

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