The sequel to Zenobia continues in letters from the Roman Piso to his friend Fausta in Palmyra. With the eastern queen brought to Rome, Piso describes the emperor Aurelian, the city’s pleasures and politics, and the growing Christian community whose faith he comes to share as the emperor moves toward persecution.
A pioneering American historical novel, first published in 1838 as Probus, for readers of Ben-Hur and Quo Vadis. Download the free EPUB.