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The dream of Scipio

Follows the lives of three Provence men at three widely different and important times in Provence history.

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  • "The dream of Scipio"
  • "Dream of Scipio"@he

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  • "Follows the lives of three Provence men at three widely different and important times in Provence history."@en
  • ""Set in Provence at three different critical moments of Western Civilisation - the collapse of the Roman Empire in the fifth century, the Black Death in the fourteenth, and the Second World War in the twentieth - The Dream of Scipio follows the fortunes of three men, Manlius Hippomanes, a Gallic aristocrat obsessed with the preservation of Roman civilisation, Olivier de Noyen, a poet, and Julien Barneuve, an intellectuel who joins the Vichy government. The story of each man is woven through the narrative, linked by the classical text that gives the book its title, and by each man's love for an extraordinary woman. Dense, dark, erudite and yet, like An Instance of the Fingerpost, utterly compelling, The Dream of Scipio confirms Iain Pears as one of Britain's most imaginative novelists."
  • "Three men live and fall in love in Provence during three very different times of crisis: the fall of the Roman Empire, the Black Death and World War II. Their problems, however, are strikingly similar."
  • "Set in Provence at three crucial moments of Western civilisation (the final collapse of the Roman Empire in the 5th century, the Black Death in the 14th century, and the World War II in the 20th), Pears presents the lives of three men. Manlius Hippomanes is an aristocrat, obsessively concerned with the preservation of Roman civilisation; Olivier de Noyen is a poet; and Julian Barneuve is an intellectual who makes the mistake of joining the corrupt Vichy government. Pears weaves his discursive narrative through the troubled lives of each man, the common thread being the classical text which is the book's title--a work of challenging philosophical inquiry."
  • "Three men live and fall in love in Provence during three very different times of crisis: the fall of the Roman Empire, the Black Death and World War II. There problems, however, are strikingly similar."
  • "An impressively original and imaginative psychological thriller."@en
  • "In national bestseller The Dream of Scipio, acclaimed author Iain Pears intertwines three intellectual mysteries, three love stories, and three of the darkest moments in human history. United by a classical text called "The Dream of Scipio," three men struggle to find refuge for their hearts and minds from the madness that surrounds them in the final days of the Roman Empire, in the grim years of the Black Death, and in the direst hours of World War II. An ALA Booklist Editors' Choice. Iain Pears's An Instance of the Fingerpost and The Portrait are also available from Riverhead Books."@en

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  • "HIstorical fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@he
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Love stories"
  • "Love stories"@en
  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Anglické romány"
  • "Historical novels"
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Historické romány"
  • "English fiction"

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  • "Ḥalom Sḳipyo"
  • "Son Stsipiona"
  • "חלום סקיּפּיו"
  • "Сон Сципиона : роман"
  • "Son St︠s︡ipiona : roman"
  • "Scipios Traum : Roman"
  • "חלום סקיפיו"
  • "Сон Сципиона"
  • "The dream of Scipio"
  • "The dream of Scipio"@en
  • "De droom van Scipio"
  • "Son St︠s︡ipiona"
  • "<&gt"@he
  • "Son Scipiona"
  • "Scipio'nun düşü : roman"
  • "The dream of scipio"@en
  • "Le songe de Scipion"
  • "El sueño de Escipión"
  • "El sueño de Escipión"@es
  • "Dream of scipio"@en
  • "Scipionův sen"
  • "Il sogno di Scipione : romanzo"
  • "Scipios Traum Roman"
  • "El Sueño de Escipión"
  • "The Dream of Scipio"
  • "Ḥalom Sḳipio"

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