Helena
By: by Evelyn Waugh ; introduction by George Weigel.
Publisher: Loyola Classics
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Helena, Saint, ca. 255-ca. 330 -- Fiction.; Christian women saints -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Helena is the intelligent, horse-mad daughter of a British chieftain who is suddenly betrothed to the warrior who becomes the Roman emperor Constantius. She spends her life seeking truth in the religions, mythologies, and philosophies of the declining ancient world.
Table of contents: title: Court memoir; title: Fair Helen forfeit; title: None but my foe to be my guide; title: The career open to talent; title: The post of honor is a private station; title: Ancien régime; title: The second spring; title: Constantine's great treat; title: Recessional; title: The innocence of Bishop Macarius; title: Epiphany; title: Ellen's invention.