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Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero

By: Henryk Sienkiewicz

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Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero

By: Henryk Sienkiewicz

A love story depicting first century life for slave, centurion, and emperor “But I think happiness springs from another source, a far deeper one that doesn't depend on will because it comes from love.” ― Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis Nobel-prize winning novel, Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero by Henryk Sienkiewicz is historical novel based on the court of Nero and the early days of Christianity. When a Roman patrician falls in love with a captured princess who is also a Christian. Quo Vadis is a novel of great historical and philosophical depth with a timeless story for readers. This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents. This eBook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes

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1623959993

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QUO VADIS

A NARRATIVE OF THE TIME OF NERO (with Original Illustration)

By: Sienkiewicz Henryk

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QUO VADIS

A NARRATIVE OF THE TIME OF NERO (with Original Illustration)

By: Sienkiewicz Henryk

This book is an epic love story set in the time of Nero and Christian persecution. Quo Vadis (where are you going?) - is a usage of the phrase that refers to the Christian tradition. It refers to the apocryphal Acts of Peter (Vercelli Acts XXXV), in which Peter meets Jesus as he is fleeing from likely crucifixion in Rome. Peter asks Jesus the question" Quo Vadis?"; To which Jesus' answer is, "I am going to Rome to be crucified again" (Eo Romam iterum crucifigi), prompts Peter to gain the courage to continue his ministry and eventually become a martyr. The eBook contains the original illustrations of the Altemus Edition (1897).

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1936690411

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9781936690411

With Fire and Sword

By: Henryk Sienkiewicz

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With Fire and Sword

By: Henryk Sienkiewicz

The period embraced in this set is "one of the most dramatic and fruitful of results in European Annals - remarkable for work and endeavor, especially in the Slav world, " the author writes. Among Western Slavs, the great events were the Hussite Wars and the union of Lithuania and Polant. The Hussite Wars were caused by ideas of race and religion (born in Bohemia.) The period of Bohemian activity began in 1403 and ended in 1434, with the battle of Lipan. Known for their great narrative power and contain vivid characterizations, Sienkiewicz' work includes the great trilogy of historical novels began to appear in 1883. It is composed of With Fire and Sword (1884), The Deluge (1886), and Pan Michael (1887-88). Set in the later 17th century, the trilogy describes Poland's struggles against Cossacks, Tatars, Swedes, and Turks, stressing Polish heroism in a vivid style of epic clarity and simplicity. Henryk (Adam Alexander Pius) Sienkiewicz (1846-1916) was a novelist, born in Wola Okrzejska, Poland.He studied at Warsaw, traveled in the USA, and in the 1870s began to write articles, short stories, and novels. His major work was a war trilogy about 17th-c Poland, beginning with Ogniem i mieczem (1884, With Fire and Sword), but his most widely known book is the story of Rome under Nero, Quo Vadis? (1896), several times filmed, notably in 1951 by Mervyn Le Roy (1900-87). He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1905. Translated by Samuel A. Binion, who was also the translator of Quo Vadis.

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141010057X

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Quo Vadis

A Tale of the Time of Nero

By: Henryk Sienkiewicz

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A Tale of the Time of Nero

By: Henryk Sienkiewicz

This historical novel contrasts the decadence of ancient Rome with the powerful simplicity of the earliest Christians. Its epic tale recounts the romance between a young Christian convert and a Roman soldier.

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Courier Corporation

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0486138577

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9780486138572

The Knights of the Cross - Second Half

By: Henryk Sienkiewicz

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The Knights of the Cross - Second Half

By: Henryk Sienkiewicz

Originally published in 1897, this early works is a fascinating novel of the period and still an interesting read today. Contents include; The function of Latin, Chansons De Geste, The Matter of Britain, Antiquity in Romance, The making of English and the settlement of European Prosody, Middle High German Poetry, The 'Fox, ' The 'Rose, ' and the minor Contributions of France, Icelandic and Provencal, The Literature of the Peninsulas, and Conclusion..... Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwor

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Goodale Press

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1444630776

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9781444630770

Without Dogma

By: Henryk Sienkiewicz

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Without Dogma

By: Henryk Sienkiewicz

In Without Dogma we have a remarkable work, by a writer known only in this country through his historical novels and a few words concerning this novel and its author may not be without interest.

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0809567121

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9780809567126

Hania

By: Henryk K. Sienkiewicz,Jeremiah Curtin

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Hania

By: Henryk K. Sienkiewicz,Jeremiah Curtin

Henryk Sienkiewicz (1845-1916), was a Polish novelist; born at Wola Okrejska, in the Lukowschem, of Lithuanian parents, in 1845. He was educated at the University of Warsaw, after which he led a wanderling life, attached for a time to a nomadic band of gipsies. In 1876 he came to America, and spent some years in California seeking his fortune in the gold mines and writing of his adventures to the Warsaw magazines. Returning to his own country, he settled at Warsaw and gave himself up to the pursuit of literature. He then began the issue of the series of novels and historical romances which have won for him?inspired as they are by the loftiest patriotic sentiments?one of the first places in modern Polish literature. In 1872 he published at Warsaw a collection of humorous little stories which became very popular; and which was followed in 1874 by Szkica Weglem (Charcoal Sketches). His principal later works are: Ogniem i Mieczem (With Fire and Sword) (1885), an historical novel, which in less than ten years had red through more than thirty editions; Potop (The Deluge) (1886); Pan Michael, and Village Stones, and a complete collection of his works up to I 890, issued in twelve volumes, under the general title Pisma. Up to 1882 he had but little prominence in literature in Europe, for he is given but a brief notice m the History of Polish Literature, published in that year by Heinrich Nitschmann. His other works are: In Vain (1899); Quo Vadis? (1896) ; Without Dogma (1893); Children of the Soil (1895); In Monte Carlo (1899); Tales (1899); In the New Promised Land (I goo); The Knights of the Cross (1900); Sielanka, a Forest Picture, and Other Stories (1898).

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1589636473

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Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero

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