The Glory of the Empire: A Novel, a History

by Jean d'Ormesson

Book Overview

The Glory of the Empire is the rich and absorbing history of an extraordinary empire, at one point a rival to Rome. Rulers such as Basil the Great of Onessa, who founded the Empire but whose... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394481216
• ISBN13: 9780394481210
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A Novel Like No Other

This book describes the rise of a fictitious empire. Ormesson recounts in detail the heroes and heroines of this nation, that is at once like and unlike that of the Roman Empire. This book is the spellbinding result of meticulous research and boundless imagination.