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Valerius (novel)

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Valerius
AuthorJohn Gibson Lockhart
LanguageEnglish
PublisherWilliam Blackwood
Publication date
1821
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

Valerius is an 1821 historical novel in three volumes by the Scottish writer John Gibson Lockhart, the first of four that he wrote.[1] Lockhart was the son-in-law of Walter Scott, and the work was seen as an attempt to imitate the style of his father-in-law's Waverley Novels. It is set in Ancient Rome, a historical period that Scott himself avoided writing about.[2] Valerius, the hero, converts to Christianity and has to flee to Britain to escape the persecution of the Emperor Trajan.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Baugh p.1274
  2. ^ Vance & Wallace p.286
  3. ^ Aquino & King p.590

Bibliography

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  • Aquino, Frederick D. & King Benjamin J. The Oxford Handbook of John Henry Newman. Oxford University Press, 2018.
  • Baugh, Albert C (ed.) A Literary History of England Vol. 4. Routledge, 2004.
  • Vance, Norman & Wallace, Jennifer (ed.) The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature, Volume 4. Oxford University Press, 2012.