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Turn Back the River by Hardy, W.G - 1938

by Hardy, W.G

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Turn Back the River

by Hardy, W.G

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New York: Macmillan & Co, 1938 (Author was Professor of Classics at the University of Alberta) Fictional biography of Clodia "The story of a passionate , intelligent ,patrician woman set in the brilliant decadent Rome of the last days of the free Republic. The woman is Clodia, the lustrous-eyed 'Lesbia" for whom the romantic Catullus burnes so fiercely and who inspired him to write some of the most intense love lyrics of all time. She had a turbulent career, this Clodia. Daughter of one of the proudest houses of Rome . fell under the spell of the dark, enigmatic Catiline, later there were many men in her life - Julius Caesar . her husband the consul Metellus Celer, and Cicero, the great orator, who poured upon her one of the most vitriolic speeches ever composed by this master of invective."385p.. 1st US Ed... Hard Cover. Very Good/Good,Slight Chips & Tears.
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  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good
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  • Edition 1st US Ed..
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Macmillan & Co
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1938
  • Keywords FICTION ANCIENT ROME CATILINE CLODIA CATULLUS CICERO

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TURN BACK THE RIVER (Last Days of Decadent Rome)

by HARDY, W.G

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Turn Back the River

by Hardy, W.G. [William George ]

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Toronto: Macmillan & Co, 1938 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. 1st Canadian Edition.. (Author was Professor of Classics at the University of Alberta) Fictional biography of Clodia "The story of a passionate , intelligent ,patrician woman set in the brilliant decadent Rome of the last days of the free Republic. The woman is Clodia, the lustrous-eyed 'Lesbia" for whom the romantic Catullus burnes so fiercely and who inspired him to write some of the most intense love lyrics of all time. She had a turbulent career, this Clodia. Daughter of one of the proudest houses of Rome . fell under the spell of the dark, enigmatic Catiline, later there were many men in her life - Julius Caesar . her husband the consul Metellus Celer, and Cicero, the great orator, who poured upon her one of the most vitriolic speeches ever composed by this master of invective" 385p..
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