Friends! Romans! Readers! Lend us your ears! The Gibson Girl Review is traveling back in time this week with the swashbuckling historical romance Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero by Henryk Sienkiewicz, first published in Polish in 1896, and in English in 1897. This Gilded Age epic is not only the perfect way to commemorate this week’s anniversary of the burning of Rome in AD64, but it’s also the perfect book to introduce our first guest reviewer! Author Gwendolyn Gage joins Amy in the studio for an exciting look at this Nobel Prize-winning author’s most famous novel, and how shockingly relevant it still is for 21st century readers.
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Meet Today's Guests!
Topics and shout-outs in this episode include: the Gilded Age, the Gibson Man, the Roman Empire, the burning of Rome, Nero, Gaius Petronius, Christianity, martyrs, persecution, the Apostle Peter, the Apostle Paul, the Nobel Prize, Poland, Latin, Roman civilization, historical romance, Ben-Hur, Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Shakespeare, Alexander Dumas, civil war, Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, translations, and fiction writing.
Great commentary! I really enjoyed the character analysis you provided!