- PM David Wishart I Virgil Publius Vergilius known as Virgil was born in a ditch near Mantua Not always a heroic figure Virgil was a scholar visionary and author of the epic The Aeneid This bawdy tragi comedy is the tale o. Fictional memoir of the Roman poet Virgil. Quite fascinating and thought-provoking, the novel emphasizes Wishart's thesis that, as he puts it: "the last dozen lines of the Aeneid -- where Aeneas kills Turnus -- [are] filled with 'negative imagery' which "taken at face value pulls the plug on the whole poem."/5(11). I, Virgil is an early work by David Wishart and is not part of his Marcus Corvinus series. The subject interested me as I translated many lines from Virgil’s Aeneid high school Latin class. This is why selected to read this book. Now, this is a novel, and not surprisingly, it starts with /5(15).
CORVINUS SERIES. Ovid was the first offering of the Corvinus series. After having tasted success with I Virgil, David Wishart was itching to write a historical thriller, by keeping the plot intact or sync with the historical mystery. As felt that it would be really interesting to write a fiction based on real people. A novel by David Wishart Publius Vergilius, known as Virgil, was born in a ditch near Mantua. Not always a heroic figure, Virgil was a scholar, visionary and author of the epic, "The Aeneid". Find many great new used options and get the best deals for I, Virgil by David Wishart (, Trade Paperback) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!
I, Virgil, the 'autobiography' of Rome's greatest poet, traces the fall of the Republic and the rise of the first emperor, Augustus Caesar. David Wishart. He is poisoning me. I saw it in his eyes before we sailed, despite the smile on his lips: 'It's only a fever, Virgil. And you deserve it for by David Wishart. Visionary, scholar, idealist, poet and author of a momentous epic and other timeless works, Wishart's Virgil is a man of contradictions: celibate but capable of great love; stuffy, sometimes prudish but often extremely warm and open; shy but with a talent for friendship and a certain magnetism.
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