Confessors of The Name
by Schmitt, Gladys
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
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€18.85€9.42
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About This Item
New York: The Dial Press. (c.1952) Book Club Edition. Book Very Good Plus in a Very Good Plus Dust Jacket. Hardcover. The author turns to history, to a complex, rich and morbid civilization, to show how a man's destiny is inevitably shaped by the society around him, to tell what becomes of a very fortunate young man of wealth, power, charm and intelligence when he tries to live according to the necessities of his spirit in a world torn between conflicting beliefs. The era is during the reign of Emperor Decius (250 AD) and it is with Favorinus Herennius that the reader is taken through all levels of Roman society in this year of decision. This historical novel will hold your attention for it carries scenes of splendid ruins and the hovels, in the Forum and on the battleground. Blue cloth boards. Gilt title print to spine. Well illustrated and still bright dust jacket. Jacket designed by Umberto Romano. A clean, bright copy...a good read!. Roman Society-History-Historical Novel Religion-Fiction-Roman Era. Catalogs: Fiction.
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- Seller
- Gilt Edge Books (CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- B1010
- Title
- Confessors of The Name
- Author
- Schmitt, Gladys
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Dial Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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