More generally, the corruption and instability of the Roman society Waugh describes is reminiscent of the malaise and pragmatism that prevails over tradition and chivalric ethics at the end of the Sword of Honour trilogy. However, the figure of Constantius Chlorus, Constantine's father, was interpreted by friends of the novelist as a caricature of Field-Marshal Bernard Montgomery, a man Waugh mocked as a vainglorious social climber. The book has been described as lacking the characteristic biting satire for which Waugh is best known.
Helena, a Christian, was the mother of the Roman emperor Constantine I. It follows the quest of Helena of Constantinople to find the relics of the cross on which Christ was crucified. The story is just something to be read in fact a legend." Helena begins and ends in surmise and legend. Most of the dates and hard facts, confidently given in the encyclopedia, soften and dissolve on examination. "The reader may reasonably inquire: how much is true? The Age of Constantine is strangely obscure. Helena, published in 1950, is the sole historical novel of Evelyn Waugh.
0 kommentar(er)
