The Gladiator by Thames Williamson (1948) (L74d7) Coward-McCann Inc HC

A powerful and absorbing story of the days of Nero. Its about Faljan, a simple but psychically mighty farmhand who is forced on the Roman Arena by Nero's gangsters. He soon becomes a famous gladiator. The story is concerned with is problems and the intrigues of the corrupt court, his conversion to Christianity, and his escape with Lydia, his wife to be, from burning Rome. The author wonderfully vivid the fight for power in the palace, the imperial orgies, the teeming life of the streets, the tavern brawls, and no least, the day by day training of the gladiatorial school.

ISBN:
Format: hardcover
Pages: 344
Book: Fair/Acceptable
Dust Jacket: Acceptable discoloration and some edge wearing
Copyright: 1948 by Thames Williamson
Publisher: Coward-McCann Inc
Edition:

Defects:
Bottom cloth of covers have wear

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