 | This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (January 2024) |
 | |
| Author | Donna Gillespie |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Steve Assel |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical novel |
| Publisher | The Berkley Publishing Group
ISBN 0-425-14368-6 ("The Light Bearer," first US edition; Berkley, 1994, trade paperback) ISBN 0-340-60922-2 "The Light Bearer," first British edition, Hodder and Stoughton, 1994, trade paperback ISBN 3-8105-0887-X "Mondfeuer;" or Fire from the Moon; first German edition, translated by Manfred Ohl; S. Fischer, 1994, hardback ISBN 90-225-2066-8 "Auriane, Dochter van het Licht," or Auriane, Daughter of Light, first Dutch edition, translated by Ineke van Bronswijk; De Boekerij, 1996 hardback ISBN 978-88-7424-578-9 "La Luce del Nord," or Light of the North, first Italian edition, translated by Elisa Canuti; Aliberti Editore, 2010; trade paperback |
Publication date | Sept 1994 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 788 pp |
| OCLC | 59904503 |
| Followed by | Lady of the Light |
The Light Bearer is a 1994 historical novel by Donna Gillespie set in first century Rome, during the reigns of the Emperors Nero and Domitian. The novel centers upon three historical events: the Emperor Domitian’s war with the Germanic Chattian tribe in 83 A.D.; the inauguration of the Colosseum, or Amphitheatrum Flavium; and the assassination of Domitian. In dramatizing the assassination, the author follows the details given by first-century Roman historian Suetonius.