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The Dream of Scipio

The Dream of Scipio

by IainPears (Author)

Synopsis

Set in Provence at three diffrent critical moments of Western Civilization - the collapse of the Roman Empire in the 5th century, the Black Death in the 14th, and World War II, this novel follows the fortunes of three men: a Gallic aristocrat, a poet and an intellectual.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 400
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
Published: 02 May 2002
ISBN 10: 0224060163
ISBN 13: 9780224060165
Book Overview: A masterly new novel by the author of An Instance of the Fingerpost.

Media Reviews
The Dream of Scipio, Iain Pears' first mainstream novel since An Instance of the Fingerpost, is a work of ambition that appeals equally to the head and the heart. It is set in Provence at three different critical moments of Western Civilisation - the collapse of the Roman Empire in the 5th century, the Black Death in the 14th, and the Second World War in the 20th - and follows the fortunes of three men, Manlius Hippomenes, a Gallic aristocrat obsessed with the preservation of Roman civilisation, Guillaume Noyen, a poet, and Julien Barneuve, an intellectual who joins the Vichy government. The story of each man is woven through the narrative, linked by each man's love for an extraordinary woman. Dense, dark and erudite, The Dream of Scipio confirms Pears as one of Britain's most imaginative novelists.
Author Bio
Iain Pears was born in 1955. Educated at Wadham College, Oxford, he has worked as a journalist, an art historian and a television consultant. He is the author of seven highly praised detective novels, a book of art history and countless articles on artistic, financial and historical subjects, and An Instance of the Fingerpost.