Julian
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9783442725083 (3442725089)
Publish date: July 1st 1999
Publisher: Btb Bei Goldmann
Edition language: Deutsch
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'...
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