Helena
Autor Evelyn Waughen Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 dec 2012
Helena
is
the
intelligent,
horse-mad
daughter
of
a
British
chieftain
who
is
thrown
into
marriage
with
the
man
who
will
one
day
become
the
Roman
emperor
Constantius.
Leaving
home
for
lands
unknown,
she
spends
her
adulthood
seeking
truth
in
the
religions,
mythologies,
and
philosophies
of
the
declining
ancient
world,
and
becomes
initiated
into
Christianity
just
as
it
is
recognized
as
the
religion
of
the
Roman
Empire.Helena-a
novel
that
Evelyn
Waugh
considered
to
be
his
favorite,
and
most
ambitious,
work-deftly
traverses
the
forces
of
corruption,
treachery,
enlightenment,
and
political
intrigue
of
Imperial
Rome
as
it
brings
to
life
an
inspiring
heroine.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316216517
ISBN-10: 0316216518
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
ISBN-10: 0316216518
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
Notă biografică
Evelyn
Waugh
(1903-1966),
whomTimecalled
"one
of
the
century's
great
masters
of
English
prose,"
wrote
several
widely
acclaimed
novels
as
well
as
volumes
of
biography,
memoir,
travel
writing,
and
journalism.
Three
of
his
novels,A
Handful
of
Dust,
Scoop,andBrideshead
Revisited,were
selected
by
the
Modern
Library
as
among
the
100
best
novels
of
the
twentieth
century.
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The Empress Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, made the historic pilgrimage to Palestine, found pieces of wood from the true Cross, and built churches at Bethlehem and Olivet. This book covers the enormous conflicting forces of the age, and the corruption, treachery, and madness of Imperial Rome.
The Empress Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, made the historic pilgrimage to Palestine, found pieces of wood from the true Cross, and built churches at Bethlehem and Olivet. This book covers the enormous conflicting forces of the age, and the corruption, treachery, and madness of Imperial Rome.