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The story is told through the eyes of Marcus, a Roman citizen who arrives in Jerusalem on the day Jesus is crucified. A magnificent novel of the forty days after Christ rose from the dead. Waltari’s ''The Secret of the Kingdom'' describes the Biblical events taking...
No other city in the world could compare with it in grandeur, splendor, and wealth. And when it fell to the Turks in 1453, it must have seemed like the end of the world to Christians. Famed author Mika Waltari takes us into the last months of this dying city as revealed...
In The Wanderer, Michael of the charmed life continues his erratic career as an adventurer with an interlude which takes him through much of the 16th century Islamic empire. The holocaust in Rome singed his conscience a bit, and he decided - with his brother in arms,...
Lars Turm's troubles began after having abducted Arsinoe, the wanton priestess of Eryx, as he followed her to whatever lands promised her wealth and luxury. But when she fell in love with another, he was forced to flee... and find a destiny beyond his wildest...
First published in the 1940s and widely condemned as obscene, The Egyptian outsold every other American novel published that same year, and remains a classic; readers worldwide have testified to its life-changing power. It is a full-bodied re-creation of a largely...
The Roman is a superb reconstruction of a time long ago, the Roman world in the time of the Emperors Claudius & Nero. It's the story of Minutus, of noble birth, who serves the government and travels widely through the Empire, from his home in Antioch to the seat of...
Matrice occultée à la source des Amants de Byzance, ce roman publié deux ans après la mort de Mika Waltari, composé dès les années cinquante, a été comparé à sa sortie à L’Œuvre au Noir de Marguerite Yourcenar. Au XVe siècle, Johannes, jeune théologien malmené par la...
1452. Deux êtres que tout sépare ont choisi pour s’aimer un lieu de fin du monde : Byzance assiégée par les Turcs. Un an plus tard, la cité ne sera plus qu’un amas de cendres. Pendant six mois, l’existence de Jean L’Ange et de la belle Anna Notaras battra au rythme de...
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