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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."

Legend has it that a ghost cut the head off of a wooden cupid on the stairway. Has the ghost returned to strike again? She is Mary, the beautiful daughter of the Scottish king - and an unwilling prisoner of the Norman invaders. The headstrong princess refused to reveal her identity - even if it means sacrificing her virtue. But in the arms of a dangerous ememy she discovers a powerful passion and a powerful promise. "Part treatise, part miscellany, unfailingly entertaining." Secrets and haunting mysteries ...A wonderfully powerful and poignant historical novel from the author of the TV Book Club bestseller THE LEGACY. Bath, 1821. Rachel Crofton escapes her unhappy employment as a governess by marrying a self-made businessman. But her new life soon takes an unexpected turn. Reclusive Jonathan Alleyn is a man tormented by the disappearance of his childhood sweetheart, Alice. Starling, foundling child and now servant, is convinced that Alice, the woman she loved as a sister, was stolen from her. Did Alice run away? Or did something altogether more sinister occur? As Starling tries to expose the lies behind Bath's immaculate facades, Julian download ebook pdf others want only to forget, and will go to extreme lengths to do so. And the courage both Rachel and Starling need to bring these truths to light will come at a very high price ...

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Author: Gore Vidal
Number of Pages: 528 pages
Published Date: 12 Aug 2003
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Publication Country: New York, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780375727061
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