The Dream Of Scipio

Description for THE DREAM OF SCIPIO by Iain Pears:

In national bestseller THE DREAM OF SCIPIO, acclaimed author Iain Pears intertwines three intellectual mysteries, three love stories, and three of the darkest moments in human history. United by a classical text called "The Dream of Scipio," three men struggle to find refuge for their hearts and minds from the madness that surrounds them in the final days of the Roman Empire, in the grim years of the Black Death, and in the direst hours of World War II.