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Julian

By Gore Vidal

Julian Historical Fiction

Julian

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The remarkable bestseller about the fourth-century Roman emperor who famously tried to halt the spread of Christianity, Julian is widely regarded as one of Gore Vidal's finest historical novels. Julian the Apostate, nephew of Constantine the Great, was one of the brightest yet briefest lights in the history of the Roman Empire. A military genius on the level of Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great, a graceful and persuasive essayist, and a philosopher devoted to worshipping the gods of Hellenism, he became embroiled in a fierce intellectual war with Christianity that provoked his murder at the age of thirty-two, only four years into his brilliantly humane and compassionate reign. A marvelously imaginative and insightful novel of classical antiquity, Julian captures the religious and political ferment of a desperate age and restores with blazing wit and vigor the legacy of an impassioned ruler.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
530
Release Date:
2003-08-12
Publication Date:
2003-08-12
Publisher:
Random House
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
037572706X
ISBN13:
9780375727061
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
400 g
Height:
134 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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