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Fiction
October
The Roman Conspiracy
Jack Mitchell
Ancient Rome’s
intrigues and a great
adventure
ISBN 0-88776-713-3
US $8.95
CAN $12.99
fiction/ancient civilization/historical
ages 10 to 13
128 pages 5 1/8 x 7 5/8
trade paper
Rights: World ex North America
24/carton
JUV016020 JUV016000
On Sale: October 11, 2005
Young Aulus Spurinna’s homeland, Etruria, has fallen prey to a
rebel league of soldiers lead by Manlius, an experienced and
dangerous Roman warrior. When his uncle dies under a cloud of
mystery, Spurinna must take his uncle’s place as the landowner of
all Etruria. In order to save his homeland from Manlius, Spurinna
travels to Rome to seek help from a Consul, Cicero. On his
journey, Spurinna teams up with Cicero’s daughter, Tullia, and
together they unravel a conspiracy that could overthrow the Roman
Empire. Spurinna soon finds himself thrust into the midst of a
deadly battle – and a fight to save his life, his home, and Rome.
This first novel by classical scholar Jack Mitchell is a gripping
tale that vaults over the centuries to bring ancient Rome to
thrilling life.
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JACK MITCHELL was born in Sackville, New Brunswick, and grew up
in Ottawa, Ontario. When he was fourteen, his admiration for J. R. R.
Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings prompted him to take Latin during his
first year in high school, and he has had a keen interest in Roman
writers and Roman history ever since. After high school, Jack decided
to become a writer: he moved to Paris for a year in 1995, where he
wrote his first novel. He studied Classics at McGill University, and
he is currently studying the Greek epic poetry of Homer at Stanford
University in California. Visit his website at www.romanconspiracy.com.
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