THE DREAM OF SCIPIO

Book ID/图书代码： 04700002B01620

English Summary/英文概要： The story is set in Provence at three different critical moments of Western civilization -- the collapse of the Roman Empire in the fifth century, the Black Death in the fourteenth, the Second World War in the twentieth -- through which the fortunes of three men are followed:
•Manlius Hippomanes, a gallic aristocrat obsessed with the preservation of Roman civilization
•Olivier de Noyen, a poet and scholar, active in the Papal Court at Avignon
•Julien Barneuve, an intellectual who cooperates with the Vichy government

The story of each man is woven through the narrative, all linked by the Dream of Scipio, written by Manlius (not Cicero’s classical text) that gave the book its title, and that is rediscovered by Olivier and Julien. Inspired by the teachings of Sophia, a student of Plato, Manlius composes the text to justify the decisions he takes when facing attack by the Visigoths and Burgundians, with little support from Rome. Religious issues, and how politics have influenced religious tolerance, shape all three stories: the roots of twentieth-century anti-semitism are traced and linked to other political decisions to use Jews as scapegoats.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本书主要讲述了在西方文明最为关键的三个时期发生在法国普罗旺斯的故事。这三个关键时期依次是：罗马帝国的衰败的五世纪﹑黑死病盛行的14世纪以及爆发第二次世界大战的20世纪。在这三个不同的历史阶段，三个人的命运交织在了一起：
•Manlius Hippomanes是个高卢贵族，他一心想要保护罗马文明；
•Olivier de Noyen是个诗人兼学者，他积极参加阿维尼翁罗马教廷活动；
•Julien Barneuve是个知识分子，他与维希政府合作。

在政治和宗教的双重压力下，这三人将如何剑走偏锋，鞠躬尽瘁捍卫伟大的罗马文明……(YM)

Awards/获奖情况：Author of the international bestseller An Instance of the Fingerpost, Ian has written seven contemporary crime novels set in the Art World. TV rights in The Raphael Affair have sold to Hat Trick. Cape published his The Dream of Scipio. Cape and Spiegal and Grau publish his brilliant Stone’s Fall, a huge tripartite novel set in the sophisticated world of finance in Venice, Paris and London during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in May. (US Spiegal and Grau, UK Cape, Canada Knopf, France Belfond, Spain Seix Barral, Holland Bezige Bij, Italy Longanesi, Russia AST).

About the Author/作者介绍： Iain Pears (born in 1955) is an English art historian, novelist and journalist Before writing, he worked as a reporter for the BBC, Channel 4 (UK) and ZDF (Germany) and correspondent for Reuters from 1982 to 1990 in Italy, France, His well-known novel series features Jonathan Argyll, art historian, though international fame first arrived with his best selling book An Instance of the Fingerpost (1998), which was translated into several languages. Pears currently lives with his wife and children in Oxford.
Iain Pears出生于1955年，他是个英国艺术史学家﹑小说家和记者。在创作之前，作者担任过英国BBC第四频道和德国ZDF的播报员。在1982年到1990年期间，作者曾相继担任驻意大利﹑法国﹑英国和美国路透社通讯记者。他的著名畅销小说系列讲述了艺术史学家Jonathan Argyll的故事。此外，作者的畅销作品An Instance of the Fingerpost蜚声全球，被译成多种语言。Pears目前和妻儿居于牛津。

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