num_pages: 1056
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, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Marcus Licinius Crassus, Julius Caesar (Roman emperor), Spartacus
genres: Fiction, Ancient, Historical, Italy, Ancient History, War, Roman, Literature, Novels, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 8126
places: Rome
series: Gospodari Rima, Masters of Rome
publisher: Random House