num_pages: 1040
description: The third novel in the epic Masters of Rome series.Fortune's Favourites witnesses the power, mastery and cunning of two enigmatic rulers of Rome - Sulla, returning from exile, and the 22-year-old Pompey, who designates himself Magnus 'the Great'. And in the background is the young soldier, Caesar, who begins to show the expert qualities that will one day culminate in him becoming an unparalleled leader of ancient Rome. And at the heart of this sumptuous tale is the unforgettable story of Spartacus and his doomed slave revolt - the true story, as no modern reader has ever before encountered it.
language: English
title: Fortune's Favourites
titlecomplete: Fortune's Favourites (Masters of Rome, #3)
characters: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Julius Caesar (Roman emperor), Marcus Licinius Crassus, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Spartacus, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
genres: Roman, Literature, Fiction, Historical Fiction, War, Italy, Ancient History, Historical, Ancient, Novels
ratings_count: 8128
places: Rome
series: Masters of Rome, Gospodari Rima
publisher: Arrow / Hutchinson