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Spartacus (Fast novel)
1951 historical novel by Howard Fast
Cover of the first US hardcover edition | |
Author | Howard Fast |
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Language | English |
Genre | Historical novel |
Publisher | Howard Fast / Blue Heron Press |
Publication date | 1951 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 363 pp |
OCLC | 144801069 |
Spartacus is a 1951 historical novel by American writer Howard Fast.
It is about the historic slave revolt led by Spartacus around 71 BC. The book inspired the 1960 film directed by Stanley Kubrick and the 2004 TV adaptation by Robert Dornhelm.
Plot summary
Spartacus begins with three young Roman patricians – Caius, his sister Helena and her friend Claudia, commencing a journey from Rome to Capua along the Via Appia a few weeks after the final suppression of the slave revolt.
The road is lined by "tokens of punishment" – slaves crucified in the immediate aftermath of the revolt. During the first d