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The novel is presented as a series of vignettes over a period of about 1500 years, from Ab Urbe Condita 1282 (AD 529) to AUC 2723 (AD 1970). Most of the story-chapters involve Roman politics, either the competition between the Western and Eastern Empires to dominate the other or the violent creation of the Second Roman Republic in about AUC 2603 (AD 1850).
A mysterious girl, named Homura Akemi, has made a contract with a being known as Kyubey, to go back in time and save the titular character. 2011 2011 Terra Nova: When Earth is threatened with extinction in 2149, specially-selected humans travel back 85 million years in hopes of preventing the later disaster.
1 Plot summary. 2 Characters. 3 References. ... Now and Forever is a romance novel, written by American Danielle Steel and published on 1978 by Dell Publishing.
Dive deeper into Eckhart Tolle's transformative book, "A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose," with our comprehensive reader's guide. Reading group discussion guide for Oprah's book club ...
Flight to Forever was placed on several lists of the best science fiction in 1952 and 1953. [4] It was awarded 4 out of 5 stars on Goodreads.com [ 5 ] and was called a "classic story" by FantasticFiction.com. [ 6 ] Amazon hailed it as a "memorable time travel adventure" from one of the "most heralded sci-fi authors of all time".
In an age before Rome was ruled by emperors young Tiberius Gracchus had been brought up to respect his father’s principles of honour and justice, but in just 20 years he will die defending his father’s ideals, murdered by the aristocrats standing behind him, his crime; starting a revolution so powerful it changed Rome forever, setting on ...
I Am Rome: A Novel of Julius Caesar (Spanish: Roma soy yo. La verdadera historia de Julio César ) is a 2022 historical novel by the Spanish writer Santiago Posteguillo . It is the first in a planned series of six novels about Julius Caesar .
The Senate cites Marius's age and poor health as a reason to back Sulla, who moreover is the sitting consul and therefore has the side of right. The seeds of serious discord are planted. The Roman comitia quickly becomes a source of political conflict between the two men, and leads to Sulla 's first shocking march on Rome.