Howard Fast

Spartacus, a fictionalization of a slave revolt in ancient Rome in 71 BC, is well known today because of the 1960 movie starring Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier....

Barbara sets in motion a series of adventures that brings her back to the excitement of the times, to a renewal of romantic love, to mortal danger as a reporter in Central America, to loss, tragedy....

Barbara Lavette and her family get embroiled in the issues of the turbulent 1960's....

The inspiring story of Max Britsky, who grew up in the slums of New York and became one of the most powerful men in the American movie industry....

In The Establishment, Howard Fast pulls the listener into the turbulent and passionate lives of the Dan Lavette family story....

My Glorious Brothers is the epic story of perhaps the most breathtaking chapter in the history of Israel, a stirring tale of courage....

“There is no human being on the face of this earth exempt from the Jewish influence. For as long as there has been history, the Jew has wandered through it, shaping it at times, riding the current silently at other times, but always leaving his mark. History without the Jew? It is...

This is a love story of great beauty and great tenderness, the kind of love story that entangles the listener in the lives of the characters....

Dan Lavette lost his parents but launched a stormy and brilliant career as a result of the great San Francisco earthquake....

Howard Fast’s bestselling coming-of-age novel about one boy’s introduction to the horrors of war amid the brutal first battle of the American Revolution On April 19, 1775, musket shots ring out over Lexington, Massachusetts. As the sun rises over the battlefield, fifteen-year-old Adam Cooper...

It was everywhere. You couldn’t talk about the revolution without using the word freedom in the same breath. But Gideon Jackson knew that freedom meant something different if your skin was black. Fast’s fictional account of the post Civil War era takes us into the life of Gideon Jackson, a...

Among Howard Fast's historical fiction, Citizen Tom Paine occupies a special place....

Big bugs, cloned cats, and feral star-children play leading roles in the seven stories that make up Fast’s unconventional and thought-provoking collection....

In this unforgettable final chapter of the Immigrants series, Howard Fast follows the trials and joys of the wealthy Lavette matriarch, Barbara, whose life has been a selfless journey powered by an unshakable faith in the human spirit....

A murder investigation at a high-priced hotel reveals a deadly plot reaching the highest seats of power....

When the love of his life is accused of murder, a university professor will stop at nothing to prove her innocence....

Bestselling author Howard Fast's riveting portrait of Israel's strong and beautiful Queen Berenice, whose life story is one of the ancient world's greatest romances....

En esta afamada obra, calificada como la mejor novela histórica del siglo XX, editada por el mismo Howard Fast y distribuida desde su garaje debido a la censura política, se narra la historia del hombre que se convirtió en mito y terror para Roma.

The residents of Beverly Hills tend to underestimate a Buddhist homicide detective, and Masao Masuto is happy to let them make that mistake....

Best-selling author Howard Fast’s straightforward introduction to Zen meditation....