by Mika Waltari · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253034506
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«Le Secret du Royaume» is the historical novel by Mika Waltari, published by LGF/Le Livre de Poche in paperback (487 pages, in French).
The cultured and wealthy Roman Marcus Mezentius Manilianus arrives in Jerusalem on the day of Jesus' crucifixion. His journey through the East becomes an inquiry into who the executed king was and what the secret of his kingdom holds, in a novel that weaves together faith, doubt, and the impact of nascent Christianity on the Roman world.
Le Secret du Royaume was originally published in 1959 as Valtakunnan salaisuus. This French edition, subtitled Myrina, dates from 1991 and opens the Manilianus Duology series.
For readers of historical fiction and religious fiction interested in the classical world and the origins of Christianity.
Mika Toimi Waltari was a Finnish writer, best known for his best-selling novel The Egyptian. He was extremely productive; Besides his novels he also wrote poetry, short stories, crime novels, plays, essays, travel stories, film scripts, and rhymed texts for comic strips by Asmo Alho.
