Rienzi; The Last of the Roman Tribunes
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By Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 6 Jul, 2020
Classic historical fiction by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, who interrupted the completion of this book to write Last Days of Pompeii. The tribune Rienzi is pitted against the autocratic monarchy, contrasting republicanism with autocratic monarchy. Based ... Read more
Classic historical fiction by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, who interrupted the completion of this book to write Last Days of Pompeii. The tribune Rienzi is pitted against the autocratic monarchy, contrasting republicanism with autocratic monarchy. Based on the historical figure Nicholas Gabrini de Rienzi, who, from a low and despicable situation, raised himself to sovereign authority in Rome, in the fourteenth century; assuming the title of Tribune, and proposing to restore the ancient free republic. Less
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Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, PC (25 May 1803 – 18 January 1873) was an English writer and politician. He served as a Whig MP from 1831 to 1841 and a Conservative MP fr...
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