{"product_id":"julian-paperback-1","title":"Julian - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGore Vidal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe remarkable bestseller about the fourth-century Roman emperor who famously tried to halt the spread of Christianity, \u003cb\u003eJulian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis widely regarded as one of Gore Vidal's finest historical novels. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJulian the Apostate, nephew of Constantine the Great, was one of the brightest yet briefest lights in the history of the Roman Empire. A military genius on the level of Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great, a graceful and persuasive essayist, and a philosopher devoted to worshipping the gods of Hellenism, he became embroiled in a fierce intellectual war with Christianity that provoked his murder at the age of thirty-two, only four years into his brilliantly humane and compassionate reign. A marvelously imaginative and insightful novel of classical antiquity, \u003cb\u003eJulian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures the religious and political ferment of a desperate age and restores with blazing wit and vigor the legacy of an impassioned ruler.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe remarkable bestseller about the fourth-century Roman emperor who famously tried to halt the spread of Christianity, Julian\" is widely regarded as one of Gore Vidal's finest historical novels. \u003cbr\u003eJulian the Apostate, nephew of Constantine the Great, was one of the brightest yet briefest lights in the history of the Roman Empire. A military genius on the level of Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great, a graceful and persuasive essayist, and a philosopher devoted to worshipping the gods of Hellenism, he became embroiled in a fierce intellectual war with Christianity that provoked his murder at the age of thirty-two, only four years into his brilliantly humane and compassionate reign. A marvelously imaginative and insightful novel of classical antiquity, Julian\" captures the religious and political ferment of a desperate age and restores with blazing wit and vigor the legacy of an impassioned ruler.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGore Vidal was born in 1925 at the United States Military Academy at West Point. His first novel, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eWilliwaw\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ewritten when he was nineteen years old and serving in the Army, appeared in the spring of 1946. Since then he has written twenty-three novels, five plays, many screenplays, short stories, well over two hundred essays, and a memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.93 x 8.01 x 5.21 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 12, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42176678363271,"sku":"9780375727061","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/4c4a15bbafab28da61b4d05c9e5efdab.webp?v=1733391686","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/julian-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}