The Dream of Scipio
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In national bestseller The Dream of Scipio, acclaimed author Iain Pears intertwines three intellectual mysteries, three love stories, and three of the darkest moments in human history. United by a classical text called "The Dream of Scipio," three men struggle to find refuge for their hearts and minds from the…
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When I am overwhelmed by awful news about plagues, wars, ecological disasters, financial implosions, and the rise of homegrown American fascism, I find it oddly comforting to learn about earlier eras when everything was falling apart. That’s why – every few years – I reread A Dream of Scipio.
The story takes place in a single village in France, but at three different times when the End of the World was nigh: the final days of the Roman Empire when the barbarians actually were at the gate; the months of the medieval Black Death, when the whole world seemed to…
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