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Excellent for understanding history of early Christian period through Roman lens. I learned a lot and was fully engaged with this book.
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Julian
Julian
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In the turbulent life of Julian the Apostate, the nephew of Emperor Constantine the Great who ascended the throne in A.D. 361 at the age of twenty-nine and was murdered four years later after an unsuccessful atempt to restore the worship of the old gods, Gore Vidal has found an ideal subject for one of the best of all his historical novels.
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In the turbulent life of Julian the Apostate, the nephew of Emperor Constantine the Great who ascended the throne in A.D. 361 at the age of twenty-nine and was murdered four years later after an unsuccessful atempt to restore the worship of the old gods, Gore Vidal has found an ideal subject for one of the best of all his historical novels.
ISBN: 22353
Pages: 432
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Pages: 432
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Publisher: Vintage Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Back when I was more literate, 30 years ago, I researched the history behind this book. The main points are factually accurate. This should be required reading for all Christians who think that the religious takeover of the 4th century was benign or inevitable.
Absorbing and quite provocative--a good read.
The best of Gore Vidal. A revisionist histiry of the Roman Emperor and an irrestible read.
A most interesting story based on the Roman Emperor, Julian Augustus. I found it riveting and facinating to learn about the way they lived back in Roman times.
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