| Antonina, or, The Fall of Rome Contributor(s): Mybook (Editor), Wilkie, Collins (Author) |
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ISBN: 1548825476 ISBN-13: 9781548825478 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $14.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9" (1.31 lbs) 446 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The plot revolves around two separate but related struggles. That of the old pagan and new Christian religions, seen as equally destructive, embodied in the opposing characters of Ulpius and Numerian; and that of the strong figure of the Goth, Goisvintha, (modelled on Norna in Scott's The Pirate) seeking revenge against the weak heroine, Antonina. In the Rome of 408 AD, the young Antonina lives with her father Numerian, zealous in his aims to restore the Christian faith to its former ideals. Numerian's steward, Ulpius, brought up in the old religion, secretly lives only to restore the forbidden gods of pagan sacrifice. |