
Quo Vadis
A Narrative of the Time of Nero
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Frederick Davidson
Marcus, a Roman officer in Nero's army, risks his career, his family, and even his life when he falls in love with a Christian woman named Callina. In order to win Callina's love, Marcus must come to understand the true meaning of her religion, even as Rome sinks under the excesses of Nero and Christians are thrown to the lions. Quo Vadis brims with passion and life as it explores one of the turning points in history.
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Sienkiewizc makes Nero's Rome come alive with a fascinating story made compelling by accurate historical detail and reified ancient and fictional persons.Quo Vadis intertwines multiple love stories: Nero's love of himself, Vinicius' love of Lygia, Petronius' love of elite pleasures, the Augustan's love of power and prestige, Chilon's love of money, the new sect of Christians' love of Christ, and, ultimately, Christ's love for Rome.
Sienkiewizc accomplishes several things rarely found in such novels:
1. The historical detail is integral to the story, and provides not only the setting but sets up the story's twists and turns.
2. The Christians are portrayed realistically -- neither as morons nor as unbelievable saints. Even the real "saints" (Peter and Paul) are depicted as flesh and blood humans trying to make sense of their beliefs in light of Nero's persecution.
3. The familiar historical events depicted in the story, particularly the burning of Rome in 64 AD and the subsequent persecution of Christians, are made vivid in ways that your history class never did.
The most striking feature of the novel is the portrayal of Christianity as a new and unique sect in the midst of polytheistic and skeptical Rome. In our day, Christianity is rarely distinct from the rest of culture, except for a couple of unique social convictions and some individual beliefs. Sienkiewizc portrays the still nascent Christianity in its most simple yet most compelling form, bereft of the past two millennia of doctrinal, political and moral disputes and scandals.
You will smell Rome burning!
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loved every word
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A very good book, overall!!
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