num_pages: 320
description: Arthur Koestler's first novel set in the late Roman Republic tells the story of the revolt of Spartacus and man's search for Utopia. The first of three novels concerned with the 'ethics of revolution' it addresses the age-old debate of whether the end justifies the means an argument continued in his classic novels Darkness at Noon and Arrival and Departure.
language: English
title: The Gladiators
publisher: Vintage Classics