Quo Vadis

by Henryk Sienkiewicz

Overview

A love story set in first-century Rome, in which the early Christians struggle against the might of the pagan Roman Empire. Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781627938877
Publisher:	Start Classics
Publication date:	12/01/2013
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	551
File size:	669 KB

About the Author

Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916), one of Poland's foremost novelists, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1905. Hist historical novels (The Trilogy, Quo Vadis?, The Teutonic Knights) represent the highest achievements in the genre. Recent translations of his works have met with stunning success in the United States and have gained the author an enthusiastic new following.

W.S. Kuniczak was born in Poland and escaped during the German-Soviet invasion of 1939. He was educated in France, England and the U.S.A. A noted translator of the works of Henryk Sienkiewicz, and author of his own novels including The Thousand Hour Day and The Sempinski Affair, he passed away near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2000.

Editorial Reviews

Sienkiewicz wrote Quo Vadis for the entire world and the world took it to its heart.”—James Michener

From the Publisher

In the time of Emperor Nero (54-68 CE), a military hero returns to Rome and falls in love with a beautiful princess held hostage by Nero’s court. To win her heart, the Roman citizen acquaints himself with a strange new faith—Christianity. Peter Wickham narrates this fascinating story, first published in Polish in 1896. With typical British assurance he gives an upper-crust, mannered tone to Petronius—the man-about-court; a tough working-class accent to Tigelinus, the feared captain of the guard; a wise tone to Peter the Apostle; and an exasperatingly petulant whine to the Emperor himself. Of course, Rome burns, and the Christians are blamed. The story is historically accurate and entertaining. What’s more, the author won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905. B.P. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine

JANUARY 2022 - AudioFile

In the time of Emperor Nero (54-68 CE), a military hero returns to Rome and falls in love with a beautiful princess held hostage by Nero’s court. To win her heart, the Roman citizen acquaints himself with a strange new faith—Christianity. Peter Wickham narrates this fascinating story, first published in Polish in 1896. With typical British assurance he gives an upper-crust, mannered tone to Petronius—the man-about-court; a tough working-class accent to Tigelinus, the feared captain of the guard; a wise tone to Peter the Apostle; and an exasperatingly petulant whine to the Emperor himself. Of course, Rome burns, and the Christians are blamed. The story is historically accurate and entertaining. What’s more, the author won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905. B.P. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine

JANUARY 2022 - AudioFile