The Blood of the Martyrs (Canongate Classics)
By Unknown Author.
Description
Set in Rome during Nero's reign of terror, The Blood of the Martyrs is a disciplined historical novel tracing the destruction of one cell of the early church. With a cast of slaves, ordinary Roman people, exiles and entertainers, it is thorough in its historical interpretation and in its determination to make the past accessible and readable. Written in 1938-9, the novel contains many symbolic parallels to the rise of European fascism in the 1930s, and to the desperate plight of persecuted minorities such as the Jews and the left-wing activists with whom Naomi Mitchison personally camp...
ISBN(s)
0862411920, 9780862411923
