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The Eternal City Kindle Edition

by Hall Caine (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 33 ratings
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  4. Publication date
    March 30, 2011
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004UJAQMY
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 30, 2011
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 720 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 453 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 33 ratings

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Linda McHenry
5.0 out of 5 stars The Eternal City
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2007
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Within the political City of Rome,the Venerable City of the Vatican, and the much smaller but even more powerful crucible of the human heart, the Twentieth Century makes its debut. This is a story of the heroic love of the woman, Roma, for Rossi, who is the people's hope for a new political order, for the end of tyranny under the threacherous thumb of a Baron who is without scruples, and of a humble Pope who struggles to find the Church's proper place in the new order of things. The Eternal City is brilliantly written, and deserves a place on every bookshelf.
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Jenni
5.0 out of 5 stars the Eternal City by Hall Caine
Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2011
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An epic novel in the romantic tradition of a love set among the Italian Revolution.
A tremendous array of humanistic values, enjoyable through-and-through.
One of the best novels that I have ever read.
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Lora S.
4.0 out of 5 stars Missing a lot of the political and religious commentary
Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2019
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I was kind of disappointed in this book. Not that it is a bad book, by any means. But the line I was expecting, and that I was reading the book to try to understand, just was not there.

In the preface to the book, the author indicates that there are actually two widely differing versions of the book. In the first published version, he says, a lot of political and religious commentary overlay the love story that was the foundation of the book. But the version we are dealing with here was requested to accompany the play that was made from the core story. In it, much of the politics and religion has been cut away. That, I suspect, is what has happened to the line I was looking for.

Anyway, the author points out that the story is primarily about a woman who betrays her husband to save his life. The way I see it, it’s more like she was coerced and frightened into betraying him.

Roma is an orphan and the ward of a certain Baron Bonelli who is, or is about to become, Prime Minister of Italy. David Rossi is a member of parliament who is a populist, being in favor of the fair treatment of people. The Baron can’t stand him, and sets out to ruin him.

It happens that he has spoken out against Roma, though not by name, as someone who has an inordinate amount of influence in the government, and she takes offense at that and vows to bring him down. The baron is pleased to let her do just that.

But she doesn’t realize that David Rossi is her long-lost almost-brother. As she brings him into her circle to ruin him, they each discover who the other is, and renew and expand their old love. Roma is sorry she ever set out to ruin him. Eventually, she gets David to marry her so she can’t be forced to testify against him, because, apparently, he is already under sentence of death for working with her father earlier. But the baron seems to have unlimited ways to pressure Roma into doing what he wants in spite of all her resolve.

A lot of bad happens because of the baron’s manipulations, but in the end, even he doesn’t get everything his own way after all.
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Roma
4.0 out of 5 stars My namesake
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 24, 2022
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I chose this book because I believe it to be the inspiration behind my grandmother's choice of name for her first daughter. She would have been my father's sister had she lived beyond childhood. Maybe had she lived my father wouldn't have been born so neither would I. Roma is my name also so it was wonderful at last to have read the story. I found it inevitably old fashioned but full of intrigue, political and a love story set against the city of Rome.
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J.K
5.0 out of 5 stars 安売りになっていた
Reviewed in Japan on August 5, 2021
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初めて安売りになっているところを発見したので、購入しました。商品に傷がつかないような包装で送られてきました。満足しています。
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Rana S. Gautam
5.0 out of 5 stars Must Read
Reviewed in India on July 14, 2015
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This is a must read. The times that we live is amazing. A rank classic for 0 cost. Few things in earth can match this. Please read this book, it is amazing.
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Devika Shahani
5.0 out of 5 stars The book is a classic.. Reading a classic ...
Reviewed in India on August 1, 2015
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The book is a classic .. Reading a classic after so long . Filled with meaning and passion for life
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pritish
1.0 out of 5 stars Poor font; wastage of money
Reviewed in India on July 29, 2021
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This is not a review of the book. It’s a classic. This is review of the product.
I paid ₹1339 for this! Are you serious?
Font is extremely small as you can see in the picture. I was eagerly waiting for ‘The Eternal City by Hall Caine’ but totally disappointed. I don’t think I can even return this as font will be small in all the copies. If you were excited by seeing this product and want to buy it. DON’T!
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pritish
1.0 out of 5 stars Poor font; wastage of money
Reviewed in India on July 29, 2021
This is not a review of the book. It’s a classic. This is review of the product.
I paid ₹1339 for this! Are you serious?
Font is extremely small as you can see in the picture. I was eagerly waiting for ‘The Eternal City by Hall Caine’ but totally disappointed. I don’t think I can even return this as font will be small in all the copies. If you were excited by seeing this product and want to buy it. DON’T!
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