Description: Helena by Evelyn Waugh "Originally published in the United States by Little, Brown and Company, October 1950. Reissued in hardcover and paperback, December 2012."--T.p. verso. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Evelyn Waughs personal favorite of his novels and "a superlatively well done book" (Chicago Tribune) set in the age of Emperor Constantine. 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. Author Biography Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966), whom Time called "one of the centurys great masters of English prose," wrote several widely acclaimed novels as well as volumes of biography, memoir, travel writing, and journalism. Three of his novels, A Handful of Dust, Scoop, and Brideshead Revisited, were selected by the Modern Library as among the 100 best novels of the twentieth century. Review "[Helena] may be read on two levels of appreciation. As bright entertainment, or as deceptively profound commentary. On both levels its a superlatively well done book."--Chicago Tribune"In Helena, the play of words and the fireworks, the exquisite descriptions of landscapes, and even the finished portraits of the heroine, her husband, and her son, are always subordinate to the authors broad vision of the mixed anguish and hope with which the world of Constantines time was filled."--New York Herald Tribune Review Quote "In Helena, the play of words and the fireworks, the exquisite descriptions of landscapes, and even the finished portraits of the heroine, her husband, and her son, are always subordinate to the authors broad vision of the mixed anguish and hope with which the world of Constantines time was filled."-- New York Herald Tribune Details ISBN0316216518 Author Evelyn Waugh Short Title HELENA Language English ISBN-10 0316216518 ISBN-13 9780316216517 Media Book Format Paperback Residence US Birth 1903 Death 1966 Year 2012 Publication Date 2012-12-11 DEWEY 823.912 Imprint Back Bay Books Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2012-12-11 NZ Release Date 2012-12-11 US Release Date 2012-12-11 UK Release Date 2012-12-11 Pages 256 Publisher Little, Brown & Company Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:102001543;
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