The road is lined by "tokens of punishment" - slaves crucified in the immediate aftermath of the revolt.ĭuring the first day of their travel the party encounter several representative individuals a minor politician, a prosperous businessman of the equestrian class, an eastern trader and a young officer of the legions all of whom give their respective perspectives on the rising. Spartacus begins with three young Roman patricians - Caius, his sister Helena and her friend Claudia, beginning a journey from Rome to Capua along the Via Appia a few weeks after the final suppression of the slave revolt. The book inspired the 1960 film directed by Stanley Kubrick and the 2004 TV adaptation by Robert Dornhelm. It is about the historic slave revolt led by Spartacus around 71 BCE. The film won four Academy Awards in all.Spartacus is a 1951 historical novel by American writer Howard Fast. The screenplay was written by Dalton Trumbo and starred Kirk Douglas as Spartacus, Laurence Olivier as the Roman general and politician Marcus Licinius Crassus, Peter Ustinov, who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, as slave trader Lentulus Batiatus, John Gavin as Julius Caesar, Jean Simmons as Varinia, Charles Laughton as Sempronius Gracchus and Tony Curtis as Antoninus. The book inspired the 1960 film directed by Stanley Kubrick. Spartacus is a historical novel about the slave revolt led by Spartacus around 71 BCE. A very sharp example, rare signed by both Fast and Douglas.
Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear.
Signed by Howard Fast and Kirk Douglas on the front free endpaper. Item Number: 109122įirst edition of this work, basis for the classic 1960 film starring Kirk Douglas.
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