Alan baker has 12 books on goodreads with 959 ratings. The secret history of romes warrior slaves by alan baker. If there is a certain colorlessness to bakers writing, it nonetheless offers gobbets of hard information and stories to. The book is not a systematic, chronological history of the arenarather, it offers an impression of what the contests would have been like at various points in the development of. The gladiator by alan baker penguin books australia. Sep 12, 2001 a dramatic, vivid picture of roman life, alan baker s evocative history tells the stories of the extraordinary gladiators, trainers and emperors who participated in historys most violent game. If any serious history book can be exciting, then it is the gladiator. Feb 14, 2017 discover book depositorys huge selection of alan baker books online. The past is another country, they do things differently there. The gladiator is a readable and sometimes melodramatic account of the gladiatorial games of ancient rome.
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Alan baker has illustrated the odyssey and the story of king arthur, both published by kingfisher. The secret history of romes warrior slaves is forced to limi. He is the author of a number of books, most recently the wizard and the viking. A dramatic, vivid picture of roman life, alan bakers evocative history tells the stories of the extraordinary gladiators, trainers and emperors who participated in historys most violent game. Alan baker books list of books by author alan baker.
They were condemned and feared by emperors, slaughtered and adored by the masses and worshipped by their female fans, yet their lives were invariably violently short. This book charts the history of the roman games, showing that. Condemned and yet feared by emperors, slaughtered and yet adored by the masses and loved by women, the gladiators life was invariably short and violent. Baker points out that there were different groups of gladiators, each with its own style of fighting. The amphitheatres, the emperors who sealed the fate of the games and the roman empire nero, caligula, commodus, tiberius, claudius pay us a visit, the variety of the spectacles, the mechanisms and the sheer, unthinkable cruelty of this institution, the holy martyrs who. Alan baker has always had a fascination with mysteries and the paranormal, and has spent more than 20 years researching them. Alan baker condemned and yet feared by emperors, slaughtered and yet adored by the masses, and loved by women, the gladiators life was invariably short, dramatic, and desperately violent. Alan baker a dramatic, vivid picture of roman life, this evocative history tells stories of the extraordinary gladiators, trainers and emperors that participated in historys most violent game. The book is not a systematic, chronological history of the arenarather, it offers an impression of what the contests would have been like at various points in the development of the republic and the empire. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Alan baker weaves an extraordinary, vivid picture of roman life as his compelling and evocative history tells the story of romes most notable gladiators. It goes on to tell how the games were funded and who attended the games.
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