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The Dream Of Scipio

By Iain Pears

The Dream Of Scipio Contemporary literature

The Dream Of Scipio

By Iain Pears

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Dark, erudite and like An Instance of the Fingerpost, utterly compelling, The Dream of Scipio confirms Iain Pears as one of Britain's most imaginative novelists Set in Provence at three different critical moments of Western Civilisation - the collapse of the Roman Empire in the fifth century, the Black Death in the fourteenth, and the Second World War in the twentieth - The Dream of Scipio follows the fortunes of three men: Manlius Hippomanes, a Gallic aristocrat obsessed with the preservation of Roman civilisation, Olivier de Noyen, a poet, and Julien Barneuve, an intellectual who joins the Vichy government. The story of each man is woven through the narrative, linked by the classical text that gives the book its title, and by each man's love for an extraordinary woman. 'Irresistibly seizes the imagination' Evening Standard
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
400
Release Date:
2003-04-03
Publication Date:
2003-04-03
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0099284588
ISBN13:
9780099284581
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
0
Weight:
270 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
200 cm
Thickness:
27 cm

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