{"product_id":"helena-paperback","title":"Helena - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEvelyn Waugh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvelyn Waugh's personal favorite of his novels and \"a superlatively well done book\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e) set in the age of Emperor Constantine. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHelena is the intelligent, horse-mad daughter of a British chieftain who is thrown into marriage with the man who will one day become the Roman emperor Constantius. Leaving home for lands unknown, she spends her adulthood seeking truth in the religions, mythologies, and philosophies of the declining ancient world, and becomes initiated into Christianity just as it is recognized as the religion of the Roman Empire. \u003ci\u003eHelena\u003c\/i\u003e--a novel that Evelyn Waugh considered to be his favorite, and most ambitious, work--deftly traverses the forces of corruption, treachery, enlightenment, and political intrigue of Imperial Rome as it brings to life an inspiring heroine.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvelyn Waugh (1903-1966), whom \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e called \"one of the century's great masters of English prose,\" wrote several widely acclaimed novels as well as volumes of biography, memoir, travel writing, and journalism. Three of his novels, \u003ci\u003eA Handful of Dust, Scoop, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Brideshead Revisited, \u003c\/i\u003e were selected by the Modern Library as among the 100 best novels of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 11, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754347626784,"sku":"9780316216517","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9f35a3717b6fd4e67c0aeb753cbc119f.webp?v=1780037963","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/helena-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}