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Indlæser... Helenaaf Evelyn Waugh
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Elena, conocedora de 'La Ilíada' soñaba desde niña con encontrar las ruinas de Troya; sin embargo, de mayor, se convirtió al cristianismo, emprendió un viaje de peregrinación a Palestina y dirigió las excavaciones en las que descubrieron trozos de madera de la cruz de Jesucristo. La historia reconoce la influencia que ejerció sobre su hijo, Constantino el Grande, el emperador que autorizó el culto cristiano en todo el Imperio Romano, en un tiempo en el que el distanciamiento entre Occidente y Oriente iba siendo cada vez mayor. De él recibió el titulo de Emperatriz Augusta; la Iglesia católica la hizo santa; y la leyenda convirtió una época oscura en fascinante. Helena is the intelligent, horse-mad daughter of a British chieftain who is thrown into marriage with the man who will one day become the Roman emperor Constantius. Leaving home for lands unknown, she spends her adulthood seeking truth in the religions, mythologies, and philosophies of the declining ancient world, and becomes initiated into Christianity just as it is recognized as the religion of the Roman Empire. Helena--a novel that Evelyn Waugh considered to be his favorite, and most ambitious, work--deftly traverses the forces of corruption, treachery, enlightenment, and political intrigue of Imperial Rome as it brings to life an inspiring heroine. Evelyn Waugh writes a fictional account of Saint Helena, the mother of Constantine the Great, who is reputed to have found the true cross in Jerusalem. We know so little about her; however the story Waugh invents seems plausible. In an age when those close to the emperors didn't live long, Helena was said to live to a ripe old age. She is revered as a saint today in many Christian denominations. Since we don't really know what's true and what is not, we need not judge Helena on the details, just on a good story by a good author. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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Part of the fabulous new hardback library of 24 Evelyn Waugh books, publishing in chronological order over the coming year. 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. No library descriptions found. |
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La madre de Constantino el Grande se revela aquí como la gran mujer que había tras un gran hombre. ( )