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Gladiator: Fight for Freedom

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Gladiator: Fight for Freedom
AuthorScarrow]]
LanguageEnglish
SeriesGladiator series
GenreYoung Adult Fiction
PublisherPenguin Books (UK)
Hyperion Books (USA)
Publication date
3 February 2011
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pages352 pp. (paperback)
272 pp. (hardcover)
ISBN978-0-14-133363-2 (paperback)
ISBN 978-1-4231-5101-2 (hardcover)
Followed byGladiator: Street Fighter 

Gladiator: Fight for Freedom is the first book in the Gladiator Series, by Simon Scarrow and is his first book for young adults. Set in Rome in 61 BC,[1] it tells the story of Marcus Cornelius Primus who is enslaved and becomes a gladiator.[2]

Plot summary

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Marcus Cornelius Primus is a young gladiator that was a farm boy until he was kidnapped away from his mother and father, who is a retired centurion. He is sold as a slave to a gladiator school and is trying to find help and justice to stop the people that took him.

Style

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The Gladiator series is intended for young teens and older. The story is quite clear, fast and without excessive details. The frequent action scenes are described very precisely and graphically.

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