Quo Vadis; A Story of the Time of Nero by Henryk Sienkiewicz - 1898

New York, NY: J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, 1898 J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, New York. 1898 Copyright. Hardcover. No Edition Stated. Translated from Polish by William E. Smith. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition; Good; wear to head, tail, and tips; suntanned spine; soiled boards; very toned pages. No DJ. Brown cloth boards and spine with silver lettering on the spine and black on the front board; picture of knight with pennants in black on front board. 412 pp + advertisements 12mo. This is a historical novel set in Rome under Emperor Nero, around AD 64. It tells the story of love between a Roman patrician, Vinicius, and a young Christian hostage who goes by Lygia. The title is based on a quote from the Bible in the Acts of Peter and the novel has a strong pro-Christian message, using many symbols that come from both historical Roman and Biblical references. The book is considered a historical epic for its very accurate depictions of the early Christians which won a Nobel Prize for the author in 1905. A clean presentable copy.