Author: ROBINSON, KATHLEEN
Title: Dominic: A Picaresque Novel of Ancient Rome
Description: New York, St Martins Press. 1991, 1st US Ed.. (ISBN: 0312063407) Hardcover. Book, Dominic, orphaned as a child and sold into slavery, becomes a pagan, an acrobat, a philosopher, and a renegade as he is hunted like an animal from a circus troupe, to Roman theaters, to the dungeons of Lorrach Keep..There'll be, happily, a miraculous rescue. Among the lands Dominic travels: Rome, Athens, Constantinople, Alexandria, and some lovely, scenic wild places. An earnest narration unfolds elementary characters, relentless adventures, and views of ancient urban splendors" 437p. Maps on end papers. Fine/Very Good, Slight Chips.

Keywords: 0312063407 Historical Fiction Roman Empire


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