An historical novel that interweaves historical and fictional characters.
Nevertheless, in spite of its classic status in France, it is practically unknown today among English-speakers.
The Carthaginian costumes described therein even left traces on the fashions of the time.
This book, which Flaubert researched painstakingly, is largely an exercise in sensuous and violent exoticism.
The action takes place immediately before and during the Mercenary Revolt against Carthage in the third century BC.
An historical novel that interweaves historical and fictional characters