Helena - Brossura

Waugh, Evelyn

Brossura

ISBN 10: 082942122X ISBN 13: 9780829421224

Casa editrice: Loyola Classics, 2005

Riassunto

The daughter of a British chieftain, suddenly betrothed to the warrior who becomes the Roman Emperor Constantius, spends all her time seeking truth in the religions and philosophies of the declining ancient world until she finds her answers in Christianity, literally in the Cross of Christ. Reissue.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966), Catholic convert and writer, was the author of many novels, including Vile Bodies, A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, the Sword of Honor trilogy, and The Loved One.

Dalla quarta di copertina:

"In Helena, the play of words and the fireworks, the exquisite descriptions of landscapes, and even the finished portraits of the heroine, her husband, and her son,are always subordinate to the author's broad vision of the mixed anguish and hope with whick the world of Constatntine's time was filled." - New York Herald Tribune

"(Helena) may be read on two levels of appreciation: As bright entertainment, or as deceptively profound commentary. On both levels it's a superlatively well done book." - Chicago Tribune

Evelyn Waugh, author of the internationally acclained bestseller Brideshead Revisited and one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, considered Helena to be perhaps his finest novel. Based on the life of St. Helena, mother of the Emperor Constantine and finder of the true cross, theis spiritual adventure brings to life the political intrigues of ancient Rome and the early years of Christianity.

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• Editore: Loyola Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 082942122X
• ISBN 13: 9780829421224
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 239