A turning point in this novel occurs with the knowledge that moving a loose stone allows access to the aqueduct and thus entry into a besieged city guarded by the famous warrior Gisco.
A turning point in this novel occurs with the knowledge that moving a loose stone allows access to the aqueduct and thus entry into a besieged city guarded by the famous warrior Gisco. The opening scene's debauchery, which includes the defilement of bejeweled fish in a private lake, provokes the first appearance of the protagonist. She later loses her virginity in a scheme to recover the sacred veil of Tanit and is thus given to the Numidian warrior Narr Havas. With Spendius urging him on, the Lybian giant Matho ends up fighting against his former commander Hamilcar and the novel ends with him being flayed alive before the title figure, a beautiful priestess of the moon, who then kills herself. FTP identify this historical novel about Carthage by Gustave Flaubert.
A turning point in this novel occurs with the knowledge that moving a loose stone allows access to the aqueduct and thus entry into a besieged city guarded by the famous warrior Gisco.
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