Quo Vadis

by Henryk Sienkiewicz, W S Kuniczak (Translator), Dean Zachary (Illustrator)

Overview

In modern translation by W.S. Kuniczak with stunning new cover art by Dean Zachary, Nobel Prize Laureate Henryk Sienkiewicz's timeless classic Quo Vadis is a novel for the ages. Set in the 1st century shortly after the time of Christ, Sienkiewicz gives us the story of early Christianity in Nero's Rome. Full of romance, suspense, tragedy and redemption, Quo Vadis has never been more relevant to the reader than it is today. James Michener said, "Sienkiewicz wrote Quo Vadis for the entire world and the world took it to its heart."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798218061982
Publisher:	Quid Legis LLC
Publication date:	02/10/2023
Series:	3rd Testament Trilogy , #1
Pages:	594
Sales rank:	572,620
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d)

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