Mika Waltari

1959 novel by Finnish author Mika Waltari about the early days of Christianity. The story is told through the eyes of Marcus, a Roman citizen who arrives in Jerusalem on the day Jesus is crucified.

Lars Turms, a semi-divine Etruscan of the middle 6th century, B.C., tells of his adventurous life.

Set in Egypt, more than a thousand years before Christ, it encompasses all of the then-known world. It is told by Sinhue, physician to the Pharaoh, and is the story of his life. Through his eyes are seen innumerable characters, fully drawn and covering the whole panorama of the ancient world.

ix, 140 pages ; 19 cm

Tells the tragic love story of King Erik XIV and Karin Månsdotter as well as that of the dynastic war for the Swedish crown.

5 700 000 couronnes (à peu près 600 000 euros) : c'est le montant de la facture qu'un beau jour un organisme de recouvrement adresse à un modeste employé. Esseulé depuis la mort de ses parents, négligé par ses amis qui ont charge de famille et mènent carrière, ce célibataire se contente d'une vie aussi paisible qu'insignifiante. Mais voilà que l'Administration a décidé d'une taxe sur... le bonheur. Or, si modeste que soit l'existence de notre homme, des petits riens suffisent à le réjouir et font de lui, pour ce nouvel impôt, un contribuable de choix. [4e de couverture]

A play set in Italy about the European Revolutions of 1848. Written under the pen name Sydney Yendy, Dobell uses the book to advocate for social change.