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her own “perfect knight
these portraits bring to light the great issue of their conflict
We make gods of those we love wrongly
… They would read if they only had the right books
he was hailed “as one of the most gifted interpreters of American life” (The Chicago Tribune)
Quo Vadis ALLTA her own “perfect knightBy Henryk Sienkiewicz Translated by Jeremiah Curtin As Rome swelters under the lecherous tyranny of Emperor Nero, the young patrician Marcus Vinicius finds himself ruled by a far gentler (yet perhaps more dangerous) power: his love for the pure and beautiful Lygia. Yet Lygia is a member of that strange and fledgling cult of Christians, and as such refuses to make the Roman ways her ways. In pursuit of this seemingly unattainable woman, Vinicius is