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Title	:	Julian
Author	:	Gore Vidal
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 528 pages
Published	:	August 12th 2003 by Vintage (first published 1964)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction

Julian

Gore Vidal

Paperback | Pages: 528 pages

Rating: 4.19 | 5902 Users | 381 Reviews

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The remarkable bestseller about the fourth-century Roman emperor who famously tried to halt the spread of Christianity, Julian is widely regarded as one of Gore Vidal’s finest historical novels. Julian the Apostate, nephew of Constantine the Great, was one of the brightest yet briefest lights in the history of the Roman Empire. A military genius on the level of Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great, a graceful and persuasive essayist, and a philosopher devoted to worshiping the gods of Hellenism, he became embroiled in a fierce intellectual war with Christianity that provoked his murder at the age of thirty-two, only four years into his brilliantly humane and compassionate reign. A marvelously imaginative and insightful novel of classical antiquity, Julian captures the religious and political ferment of a desperate age and restores with blazing wit and vigor the legacy of an impassioned ruler.

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Original Title:	Julian
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Julian the Apostate
Setting:	Roman Empire

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Ratings: 4.19 From 5902 Users | 381 Reviews

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I love Roman history. Had Julian (the Apostate) been less conciliatory, the Christians would have remained a fringe sect. Uncompromising themselves, and ultimately triumphant, the Christians stamped out what Julian loved most: knowledge.This book is written as letters between Libanius and Priscus, who discuss what to do with Julian's diary. Vidal's prose is sublime--always informing and entertaining, sometimes sharp and often funny. Historical fiction is rarely this good.

I started reading this book to learn more about 3rd and 4th century Rome and its politics as research for Rav Hisda's Daughter, Book I: Apprentice: A Novel of Love, the Talmud, and Sorcery, since Persia and Rome are often at war. To my astonishment, I could not put this book down. Vidal is an amazing writer, one whose talent I could never hope to reach. He takes us right into the heart of his characters, historical figures all, and brings them & all the Roman political intrigue of his time

Julian is stunning and awesome. Perhaps I am just being a snob when I am sometimes surprised that I have never even heard of a book and then it turns out to be amazing and I want everyone to read it. I shouldn't be, though, since often when the masses like something it is less than spectacular. Not usually a fan of historical fiction, I was drawn to this because I had decided to finally read Gore Vidal and I liked the idea of the plot: a Roman emperor attempting to squelch the wacky upstart

I read this book years ago. Saw it on a friends shelf and decided to review belatedly because i regarded it then as one of the finest novels of historic fiction. Vidal brought to life Roman emperor Flavius Claudius Julianus (or Julian the Apostate), who reigned in the 4th century. Through intricate detail of time and place, and through well developed characters, Vidal created an epic story of a moment in history when Rome tried to resurrect Helenism and Christianity almost retreated.



I am nearly at the end of this book, around 100 pages left. This is a book that takes a long time to finish. I had to stop, to read something else and to return. The language is so rich, the historical background is very complex and well researched and the references to the ancient philosophers are amazing. This period of history when the power of Roman Empire divided between West and East was declining and the Dark Ages were replacing the glamour of Rome is not very well known. The Christianity

We are toys, and a divine child takes us up and puts us down, and breaks us when he chooses. Julian IIJulian was a child raised in the midst of turmoil. After the death of Constantine the Great in 337AD, there was a huge power vacuum in the Roman Empire, and Julians cousin Constantius II methodically eliminated all those who could potentially threaten his reign or those of his brothers. One of those executed was Julians father. Julian and his brother Gallus were spared. Their youth may have