Author

Publication

2003 - Vintage International, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

125,750 words, Guess

Page Count

503 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-10037572706X
  • ISBN-139780375727061
  • Goodreads8719
  • Library of Congress Control Number2003276587
  • OCLC Control Number53289864
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780375727061
  • Open LibraryOL3706414M

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3543.I26 J8 2003
  • LCCPS3543

Description

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 worshiping 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.

Subjects

Genres

  • Fiction

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  • Julian: a novelVintage International2003-01-01
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