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Ben Kane (born 6 March 1970) is a novelist, specialising in historical fiction. He is best known for The Forgotten Legion, Spartacus and Hannibal book series. Six of his eight novels have been Sunday Times bestsellers, and his books have been published in more than ten countries, including the US, Italy, Spain, Greece, Russia and the Netherlands. In 2013, Kane and two friends walked the entire length of Hadrian's Wall for charity while wearing full Roman military kit, including hobnailed boots. They raised nearly £19,000 for Combat Stress and Medecins Sans Frontieres. In 2014, they walked again in Italy, raising over £26,500. A documentary film was made about their walk, entitled The Road to Rome. Ian McKellen provides the voiceover. Bibliography The Forgotten Legion Trilogy The Forgotten Legion (2008) The Silver Eagle (2009) The Road to Rome (2010) The March - the new Forgotten Legion short story (2018) The Hannibal series Hannibal: Enemy of Rome (2011) "Hannibal: The Patrol" (short story, 2013); e-book only Hannibal: Fields of Blood (2013) Hannibal: Clouds of War (2014) The Spartacus series Spartacus: The Gladiator (2012) Spartacus: Rebellion (2012) The Eagles of Rome series "The Shrine" (short story, 2015); e-book only Eagles at War (2015) "The Arena" (short story, 2016); e-book only Hunting the Eagles (2016) Eagles in the Storm (2017) "Io Saturnalia!" (A long short story, 2023); e-book only "Centurion of the First" (A long short story, 2023); e-book only The Clash of Empires series Clash of Empires (2018) The Falling Sword (2019) The Lionheart series Lionheart (2020) Crusader (2021) King (2022) The Mathieu Carrey series Napoleon's Spy (2023) Other A Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii (2014); Kane contributed one chapter Sands of the Arena and Other Stories (forthcoming September 2021) References External links Official website (Ben Kane website and blog) Ben Kane at Facebook Ben Kane at Library of Congress, with 1 library catalogue records. Discover the Ben Kane popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Ben Kane books.