Helena - Couverture souple

Waugh, Evelyn

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140182438 ISBN 13 : 9780140182439

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 1990

Synopsis

The Empress Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, made the historic pilgrimage to Palestine, found pieces of wood from the true Cross, and built churches at Bethlehem and Olivet. This book covers the enormous conflicting forces of the age, and the corruption, treachery, and madness of Imperial Rome.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Empress Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, made the historic pilgrimage to Palestine, found pieces of wood from the true Cross, and built churches at Bethlehem and Olivet. Her life coincided with one of the great turning-points of history: the recognition of Christianity as the religion of the Roman Empire. The enormous conflicting forces of the age, and the corruption, treachery, and madness of Imperial Rome combine to give Evelyn Waugh the theme for one of his most arresting and memorable novels.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Evelyn Waugh was born in 1903 and was educated at Hertford College, Oxford. In 1928 he published his first novel, Decline and Fall, which was soon followed by Vile Bodies (1930), Black Mischief (1932), A Handful of Dust (1934) and Scoop (1938). In 1945 he published Brideshead Revisited and he won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1952 for Men at Arms. Evelyn Waugh died in 1966.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0140182438
• ISBN 13: 9780140182439
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240