Valerius: A Roman Story
by J. G. Lockhart
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Readers with an interest in ancient times will love John Gibson Lockhart's Valerius, a carefully researched tale that follows the son of a high-ranking Roman officer and his British bride as they take a holiday to Rome and get a first-hand look at that culture's customs and mores..
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- Canonical title
- Valerius: A Roman Story
- Original title
- Valerius: A Roman Story
- Original publication date
- 1821
- First words
- Since you are desirous, my friends, that I should relate to you, at length and in order, the things which happened to me during my journey to Rome, notwithstanding the pain which it must cost me to throw myself back into some... (show all) of the feelings of that time, I cannot refuse to comply with your request.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"I hope I shall have luck one day myself."
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 813.0108352375 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English By type Short fiction
- LCC
- PR4891 .L4 .L635 — Language and Literature English English Literature 19th century , 1770/1800-1890/1900
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- 7
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- 2,735,400
- Languages
- English, Latin
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 3
