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An epic story of lust, cruelty, and sensuality, this historical novel is set in Carthage in the days following the First Punic War with Rome.

An historical novel that interweaves historical and fictional characters. The action takes place immediately before and during the Mercenary Revolt against Carthage in the third century BC. This book, which Flaubert researched painstakingly, is largely an exercise in sensuous... Read Full Overview

Gustave Flaubert was one of the 19th century's most famous authors. A French novelist, Flaubert led the way for the Realism literary movement in that country at a time that it was sweeping across Europe and the United States, and works like Madame Bovary are still wildly popular... Read Full Overview

Salamb es una novela hist rica, con personajes tanto hist ricos como ficticios. La acci n de la obra tiene lugar en tiempos de la Guerra de los Mercenarios, que aconteci en el siglo III a. C., en la ciudad fenicia de Cartago. La principal fuente de Flaubert fue el Libro I de... Read Full Overview

Salammbo is a historical novel by Gustave Flaubert. Set in ancient Carthage, the vivid plot bursts with exoticism, high drama and bloody violence. We join war-torn Carthage in the 3rd century B.C., as the city is on the cusp of the Mercenaries' Revolt. Uncertainty pervades the... Read Full Overview

Set in Carthage during the 3rd century BC immediately before and during the Mercenary Revolt which took place shortly after the First Punic War. It's a tale of war between Rome and Carthage and in many ways, the novel is an exercise in the sensual, the violent... Read Full Overview

De l'autre c t des tables se tenait un Libyen de taille colossale et courts cheveux noirs fris s. Il n'avait gard que sa jaquette militaire, dont les lames d'airain d chiraient la pourpre du lit. Un collier lune d'argent s'embarrassait dans les poils de sa poitrine. Des... Read Full Overview

Salammb? est un roman historique de Gustave Flaubert, paru le 24 novembre 1862 chez Michel L?vy fr?res.Il prend pour sujet la guerre des Mercenaires, iii si?cle av. J.-C., qui opposa la ville de Carthage aux mercenaires barbares qu'elle avait employ?s pendant la premi?re guerre... Read Full Overview

Salammbo is the daughter of a Carthaginian general and statesman, who becomes the object of desire of the warrior leader who has invaded her home. After a precious veil is stolen from the city's holy temple, Salammbo is determined to bring it back.

Following... Read Full Overview

Salammb est le c l bre roman historique de Gustave Flaubert, paru en 1862.
Il prend pour sujet la Guerre des Mercenaires, IIIe si cle av. J.-C., qui opposa la ville de Carthage aux Mercenaires barbares qu'elle avait employ s pendant la premi re Guerre punique, et qui se r... Read Full Overview

Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880), French novelist and short story writer, was considered to be a master of style, obsessively devoted to finding the right word ("le mot juste"), in every piece of literature he produced. As a child he expressed great imagination and took in all the... Read Full Overview

Translated by Hugh Tredennick and Harold Tarrant. Introduction and Notes by Harold Tarrant.

Salammbo is a historical novel by Gustave Flaubert. Set in ancient Carthage, the vivid plot bursts with exoticism, high drama and bloody violence. We join war-torn Carthage in the 3rd century B.C., as the city is on the cusp of the Mercenaries' Revolt. Uncertainty pervades the... Read Full Overview