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Web
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| Date |
Summer
2000 |
| Subject |
Caesars
Druid / jacket notes english |
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CELTIC WISDOM AGAINST ROMAN POWER
58 B.C.: Without permission of the Roman senate, the
completely indepted proconsul Gaius Julius Caesar breaks a brutal predatory war over Gaul.
In these dangerous times of radical change the young Celt Korisios, who tries as an
apprentice to become a druid, makes an escape from his war stricken home into the far off
west, together with his pretty, but capricious Germanic slave Wanda.
In the land of the Helvetians Korisios meets Caesar and
enters as a scribe into his services. In a strange way the fate and the lives of Korisios
and Caesar are tied together during Caesars ascend to triumphal victories since both of
them are favourites of fortune. But one day they become exasperated rivals and Korisios is
ready to sacrifice his life for the welfare of his people and the freedom of his beloved
Wanda.
"Caesar's Druid" is a powerful and lively painting
of the time of the ancient Romans, full of passion and adventure, celtic rituals and
quarrelling gods - brilliantly explored and thrilling like a crime.
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