{"product_id":"heliodorus-9780812216721","title":"Heliodorus","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpon a rock sat a maiden of such inexpressible beauty as to be supposed divine. . . . Her head inclined forward without moving, for she was looking fixedly at a young man who lay at her feet. The man was disfigured with wounds, but seemed to rouse himself a little as from a deep sleep, almost of death itself. Pain had clenched his eyes, but the sight of the maiden drew them toward her. He collected his breath, heaved a deep sigh, and murmured faintly. My sweet, said he, are you truly safe, or are you too a casualty of the war?\u003cbr\u003eThe Romance novel didn''t begin with Kathleen Woodiwiss or even with the Bronte sisters. By the time Heliodorus wrote his \u003ci\u003eAethiopica\u003c\/i\u003e—or \u003ci\u003eEthiopian Romance\u003c\/i\u003e—in the third century, the genre was already impressively developed. Heliodorus launches his tale of love and the quirks of fate with a bizarre scene of blood, bodies, and booty on an Egyptian beach viewed through the eyes of a band of mystified pirates. The central love-struck c\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405691724119,"sku":"9780812216721","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812216721.jpg?v=1730493295","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/heliodorus-9780812216721","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}