Virgil (70 B.C-19 B.C)
At the urging of Augustus Caesar, Virgil began to write The Aeneid, a poem of the glory of Rome under... Aeneas flees the ashes of Troy to found the city of Rome and change forever the course of the Western world--as literature as well. Virgil's ... [... more]
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Adam Lloyd Baker
The son of a vicar, ADAM LLOYD BAKER lives in London, where he has worked as a grave digger. A delicious, darkly comic work of new urban noir from an original new literary talent. Meet Virgil Strauss, a physically and emotionally unkempt yet ... [... more]
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Lino Pertile
In 1867, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow completed the first American translation of and thus introduced Dante's literary genius to the New World. In the , the spirit of the classical poet Virgil leads Dante through the nine circles of Hell on the ... [... more]
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Dorothy Gilman
Mrs. Virgil (Emily) Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was a widow with grown children. She was tired of attending her Garden Club meetings. She wanted to do something good for her country. So, naturally, she became a CIA agent. This ... [... more]
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Henry W. Longfellow
In 1867, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow completed the first American translation of and thus introduced Dante's literary genius to the New World. In the , the spirit of the classical poet Virgil leads Dante through the nine circles of Hell on the ... [... more]
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