TY - BOOK AU - Sienkiewicz,Henryk AU - Talvio,Maila TI - Qvo vadis: Kertomus Neron ajoilta AV - PG PY - 2005/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Historical fiction KW - Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 -- Fiction KW - Rome -- History -- Nero, 54-68 -- Fiction KW - Christian fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quo_Vadis_(novel); Release date is 2005-02-10; Produced by PG Distributed Proofreaders Online Team; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Qvo vadis: Kertomus Neron ajoilta" by Henryk Sienkiewicz is a historical novel written in 1895-1896. Set in Rome during Emperor Nero's reign from AD 64 to 68, it follows the forbidden love between Marcus Vinicius, a Roman patrician, and Lygia, a Christian woman held as a barbarian hostage. As their romance unfolds against a backdrop of imperial decadence, Rome burns and Christians become scapegoats for the disaster. The novel vividly depicts the clash between early Christianity and Roman paganism, culminating in brutal arena spectacles and the martyrdom of early church figures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15010 ER -