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THE DAYS OF HIS GRACE
by EYVIND JOHNSON
Author of rfReturn to Ithaca"
The swiftly changing Europe of Charlemagne's
Frankish empire is the setting for Eyvind Johnson's
much-acclaimed the days of his grace. Here, in
a world eerily like our own, are the intense loyalties,
the savage cruelties, the steeliness of authoritarian
rule and the suffering of the masses that are his-
tory's trademarks of high struggle. Here, too, are
the hatreds and conflicts of brother against brother,
of father against son, and the yearnings and pain
of lovers torn apart by wars in which they are the
victims.
It is the unsuccessful revolt of a Lombardy duke
against the emperor that brings ruin upon the
duke's followers and neighbors, the Lupigis family.
In giving its fealty to him, the family's estates are
confiscated and its members scattered. Through
the eyes of young Johannes Lupigis, a fiery young
intellectual who, unlike his rival brothers and aging
father, is willing to accept new...
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Fülszöveg
THE DAYS OF HIS GRACE
by EYVIND JOHNSON
Author of rfReturn to Ithaca"
The swiftly changing Europe of Charlemagne's
Frankish empire is the setting for Eyvind Johnson's
much-acclaimed the days of his grace. Here, in
a world eerily like our own, are the intense loyalties,
the savage cruelties, the steeliness of authoritarian
rule and the suffering of the masses that are his-
tory's trademarks of high struggle. Here, too, are
the hatreds and conflicts of brother against brother,
of father against son, and the yearnings and pain
of lovers torn apart by wars in which they are the
victims.
It is the unsuccessful revolt of a Lombardy duke
against the emperor that brings ruin upon the
duke's followers and neighbors, the Lupigis family.
In giving its fealty to him, the family's estates are
confiscated and its members scattered. Through
the eyes of young Johannes Lupigis, a fiery young
intellectual who, unlike his rival brothers and aging
father, is willing to accept new conditions and
ideas, and who is in love with the duke's beautiful
and ravished daughter, we follow the tumultuous
events of an epic time.
the days of his grace has already appeared in
six languages to critical acclaim, and Eyvind John-
son is considered one of Sweden's leading writers.
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