Caligula
By: by Douglas Jackson
Publisher: Magna
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Long Preston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 411
ISBN-13: 9780750531177
Subjects: Fiction; Elephant trainers; Gladiators; History
Description: "Rufus, a young slave, grows up far from the corruption of the imperial court. His master is a trainer of animals for the gladiatorial area, and Rufus discovers he has a natural talent for controlling and schooling the animals. He attracts the cruel gaze of the Emperor, who wants a keeper for the imperial elephant. He is bought and taken to the imperial palace, where he and his friend, the gladiator Cupido, find themselves unwittingly at the centre of a conspiracy to assassinate Caligula."--Publisher description.
Notes: Originally published: London: Bantam, 2008.