The Aeneid of Virgil (Translated by Allen Mandelbaum)

By Virgil, Allen Mandelbaum (translator),

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Aeneas flees the ashes of Troy to found the city of Rome and change forever the course of the Western world--as literature as well.  Virgil's Aeneid is as eternal as Rome itself, a sweeping epic of arms and heroism--the searching portrait of a man caught between love and duty, human…

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1 author picked The Aeneid of Virgil (Translated by Allen Mandelbaum) as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Historical fiction is by no means a modern concept. Two thousand years ago, the Roman poet, Virgil, sets his epic tale in the distant past. Aeneas and his men voyage through Europe, North Africa, and the underworld, encountering physical and emotional devastation before arriving on Italian shores to found Rome. Elements may be fantastical but that past comes to life with the brilliant, bracing clarity of a spring morning.

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