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Quo Vadis
Quo Vadis | Henryk K Sienkiewicz
Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916) won the 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature. A brilliant Polish writer and patriot, he is possibly best known abroad for his monumental historical epic Quo Vadis that portrays the vibrant and dissonant combination of cruel excesses and decadence of Rome during the reign of the corrupt Emperor Nero and the high faith of the emerging era of early Christianity. Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero, is a love story of Marcus Vinicius, a passionate young Roman tribune, and Lygia Callina, a beautiful and gentle Christian maiden of royal Lygian descent and a hostage of Rome, raised in a patrician home. At first Marcus, a typical aristocratic Roman libertine of his time, has no notion of love and merely desires Lygia with erotic animalistic intensity. Through political machinations of the elegant Petronius he contrives to have her taken by force from her foster home and into the decadent and terrible splendor of the court of Ceasar, setting in motion a course of events that culminate in his own spiritual redemption. Intricately researched, populated with vibrant historical figures, and gorgeous period detail, bloody spectacle and intimate beauty, this is an epic tapestry of the triumph of love, faith and sacrifice.
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MariaMC
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Fantastic!

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sprainedbrain
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Nope.

I tried... I gave it 3 chapters in the book and then more than 2 hours in audio, but this is not happening for me. I think this is only the 3rd book I have EVER bailed on. I love Ancient Rome, but maybe I shouldn‘t have peeked at reviews calling it a great Christian novel. 😳

My first #1001books and #LitsyClassics bail, too. Now I don‘t have a Q! 😞

Bookladylinda ☹️ 6y
sprainedbrain @Liz_M I will see if I can find a copy. Thank you, Liz! 🤗 6y
Gezemice I have read this a very long time ago and loved it. I was a teenager... I want to re-read it. 6y
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avalinah
Quo Vadis | Henryk K Sienkiewicz
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#Epic for an impressionable 14 year old that I was when I read this. I still remember most of it, although I read it literally half my life ago. I wonder what I'd think now?
Have you read this?
#maybookflowers #startswithq #blastfromthepast

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Simona
Quo Vadis? (Revised) | Henryk K Sienkiewicz
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I have read this book, probably more than 20 years ago ... I can't remember the exact content, and despite that, I know that I like it and it's recommend read for all ancient history lovers.

#maybookflowers #startswithq

Hobbinol Gosh... This has been on my TBR list since... B.C. (Before College)😊 7y
Simona @Hobbinol 😂 So then, it's time to read it... I guess 😉 7y
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