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Helena

Evelyn Waugh

Evelyn Waugh's personal favorite of his novels and "a superlatively well done book" ( Helena is the intelligent, horse-mad daughter of a British chieftain who is thrown into marriage with the man who will one day become the Roman emperor Constantius. Leaving home for lands unknown, she spends her a...

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Empire: World History

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Empire: World History

The podcasters mentioned Evelyn Waugh's novel 'Helena', his only historical novel, and how they enjoyed reading it.

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I think some of them are going to be new to you, like say Helena, I remember reading the Evelyn Waugh novel Helena, which is his only historical novel and being thrilled to discover that the author of...

— Episode: 133. Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile

Episode: 133. Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile

The podcasters mentioned Evelyn Waugh's novel 'Helena', his only historical novel, and how they enjoyed reading it.

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I think some of them are going to be new to you, like say Helena, I remember reading the Evelyn Waugh novel Helena, which is his only historical novel and being thrilled to discover that the author of Brideshead Revisited was basically a bar lady from York.

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