Quo Vadis?

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Quo Vadis? (Hardcover, 2005, North Books)

Hardcover

English language

Published June 13, 2005 by North Books.

ISBN:
9781582878362

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Quo Vadis

4 stars

Quo Vadis is an epic both tragic and powerful (and long!). The events in the story are loosely based on the history of Rome under the bloody reign of Emperor Nero (around AD 64), but I feel the purpose of this book was not to document it as a history. Instead, Sienkiewicz helps us to really understand the significance of the rise of Christianity as well as the fall of the old Roman gods in changing the western world. The tact with which he writes makes ancient Rome come alive, both the absolute horror and gore, as well as the blissful, delirious beauty of it. In the first chapters I was not very impressed. I felt the characters were not realistic and lacked dimension. However, as I continued I felt I came to grasp the purpose and style of the piece... and was thus gripped. I began to see the …

Subjects

  • Historical - General
  • Fiction