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Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire
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470 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1921
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February 21, 2019
Derring-do, intrigue, nasty emperors, cross and double-cross, breathtaking escapes...
...and that's just the first third of this story. This book was published in the early 20th century. My father read it after his Latin teacher recommended it. Years later he tracked it down and told me to read it. I loved it.
Edward Lucas White was an author and poet and sometime teacher who died in 1934. He was most noted for his fantasy and horror stories, but he also wrote novels.
Andivius Hedulio is set in Rome during the reign of Commodus. In the book, the narrator, Andivius runs afoul of the emperor and flees. From that point he travels in disguise, tumbling from one predicament to another and changing his credentials and actions to suit the need of the moment.
He is at times an animal trainer (which leads to a very disappointing incident in the coliseum where he is tied hand and foot and presented to lions and tigers as a potential snack. They sniff him and leave him alone) or a slave. He loves a beautiful noble Roman lady, and runs into her from time to time in his travel, spending one night with her in her carriage while tigers and lions and whatever other predators sniffed at the carriage and growled.
Andivius is a very long book. In this age where novels are now 50,000 words (!) this one weighs in at probably five times that amount. Possibly more. I read it through, though I admit I skipped parts that didn't hold my interest. (Do people do that any more?)
I don't think this was intended to be the romp that it was, but it gave me a lot of enjoyment.
Now it's available for kindle, I'm glad to have it.
...and that's just the first third of this story. This book was published in the early 20th century. My father read it after his Latin teacher recommended it. Years later he tracked it down and told me to read it. I loved it.
Edward Lucas White was an author and poet and sometime teacher who died in 1934. He was most noted for his fantasy and horror stories, but he also wrote novels.
Andivius Hedulio is set in Rome during the reign of Commodus. In the book, the narrator, Andivius runs afoul of the emperor and flees. From that point he travels in disguise, tumbling from one predicament to another and changing his credentials and actions to suit the need of the moment.
He is at times an animal trainer (which leads to a very disappointing incident in the coliseum where he is tied hand and foot and presented to lions and tigers as a potential snack. They sniff him and leave him alone) or a slave. He loves a beautiful noble Roman lady, and runs into her from time to time in his travel, spending one night with her in her carriage while tigers and lions and whatever other predators sniffed at the carriage and growled.
Andivius is a very long book. In this age where novels are now 50,000 words (!) this one weighs in at probably five times that amount. Possibly more. I read it through, though I admit I skipped parts that didn't hold my interest. (Do people do that any more?)
I don't think this was intended to be the romp that it was, but it gave me a lot of enjoyment.
Now it's available for kindle, I'm glad to have it.
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