Quo Vadis : A Narrative of the Time of Nero (Hardcover)

from aliciamay

So here's the canned book blurb: "Set in ancient Rome during the reign of the emperor Nero, Quo Vadis tells the story of the love that develops between Ligia, a young Christian woman and Marcus, a Roman officer who, after meeting her fellow Christians, converts to her religion. Underlying their r...

from anneofia

Many of the classics seem timeless, and no matter how long ago they were written they're still revalent today. This historical novel is not one of those! It deals with the Rome of Nero and the early Christian martyrs, with the struggle of the Christians against paganism being the central plot. Th...

from charlie68

A little over written in places but still at the end really hits the heights of greatness. I thought as I was reading this book about, Jesus meek and mild, and the suffering of the early Christians and they dont really compute. Or maybe it does, but it is an odd faith that can embrace both suffer...

from DanielAlgara

I thought a good read. Nothing fancy, but still a solid paced story of early Rome from the Christian point of view. It gets a little preachy at times with plenty of proselytic undertones. If you ignore it, most will like it, I think. I wouldn't go buy a leather-bound copy or anything. It's more a...

from Schmerguls

233. Quo Vadis? by H. Sienkiewicz (read 30 Jan 1946) I noted when I started this book and when I finished it but not a word about what I thought of it! But when on 2 Jan 1952 I saw the movie based on the book I said of the movie: "Outside of some luscious scenes from Nero's court and a little goo...