Julian
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780394603957 (0394603958)
Publish date: February 1st 1970
Publisher: Random House Canada
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Italy,
American,
Historical Fiction,
20th Century,
Religion,
Politics,
Roman,
Ancient
"I was now a gawky adolescent with a beard thick on the chin, spotty on the upper lip, invisible on the cheeks. I looked frightful but I refused to shave. I am to be a philosopher, I said proudly; and that was that."- p. 58Gore Vidal has worked on a good number of films, most famously (at least afte...
Julian the Apostate was emperor of Rome from 361-363 CE and the nephew of Constantine. Raised in a strict Christian environment (although of the Arian tradition), he formally announced his conversion to paganism in 361 and became a public enemy of Christianity.That provides the background for Vidal'...