{"product_id":"the-twelve-tables","title":"The Twelve Tables","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Part history lesson, part love story, and part coming-of-age tale, this stimulating novel is likely to have wide-ranging appeal.\" -\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe blood of the bulls on Jupiter's hill gave them liberty-the words graven unto these Twelve Tables made them equal.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eROME, 462 BC.\u003c\/strong\u003e To save his family's failing farm, sixteen-year-old Marcus Atilius is sold into debt servitude by his own father. Plunged into the city's underbelly, Marcus must endure a world of cutthroat trading stalls and gritty warehouses, all while navigating a forbidden entanglement with a woman far above his station. Survival demands sharp guile and moral compromise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a bitter class struggle pushes Rome toward the brink of civil war, Marcus vows to beat the elites at their own ruthless game to win his freedom and a fortune worthy of the woman he loves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYet his rise brings a fateful choice. A historic demand sweeps the city for the Twelve Tables-a revolutionary legal code to protect plebeians from patrician tyranny. With a corrupt aristocrat holding the tether to his trading empire, will Marcus protect his hard-won power, or risk everything for the soul of Rome?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Koehler Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":67683726197104,"sku":"9798897475247","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0954\/1304\/3568\/files\/imageloader_5a234cf7-fbae-41a2-9c5f-a932b023e99f.jpg?v=1791609059","url":"https:\/\/aveson.store\/products\/the-twelve-tables","provider":"Aveson","version":"1.0","type":"link"}