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Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
The inspiration for Kubrick's acclaimed 1957 film, this is an epic story of combat and injustice that remains an antiwar masterpiece. Frenchmen during the First World War are ordered to assault a German position deemed all but invulnerable. When the attack fails, an inquiry into allegations of cowardice indicts a handful of lower-ranked scapegoats whose trial exposes a tragic farce.
2) The Aeneid
Author
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of an epic voyage in which Aeneas crosses stormy seas, becomes entangled in a tragic love affair with Dido of Carthage, descends to the world of the dead - all the way tormented by the vengeful Juno, Queen of the Gods - and finally reaches Italy, where he will fulfill his destiny: to found the Roman people.
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