his heir over his own son, Commodus, and a power struggle leaves Maximus and his family condemned to death. The powerful general is unable to save his family, and his loss of will allows him to get captured and put into the Gladiator games until he dies. The only desire that fuels him now is the chance to rise to the top so that he will be able to look into the eyes of the man who will feel his revenge.

Tags : slavery | combat | mother son relationship | blood | betrayal | revenge | father daughter relationship | death | warrior | jealousy | afterlife

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and his wife have a son and live happily together until the occupation of Italy by German forces. In an attempt to hold his family together and help his son survive the horrors of a Jewish Concentration Camp, Guido imagines that the Holocaust is a game and that the grand prize for winning is a tank.

Tags : world war two | jewish | family relationships | nazi | restaurant | jew | male protagonist | train | king | marriage

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sters running a picturesque bed and breakfast, igniting the fury of their grandf...

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