Salammbo
by Gustave Flaubert
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Salammbô (1862) is a historical novel by Gustave Flaubert.[1] It is set in Carthage during the 3rd century BC,[1] immediately before and during the Mercenary Revolt which took place shortly after the First Punic War.
After the First Punic War, Carthage is unable to fulfil promises made to its army of mercenaries, and finds itself under attack. The fictional title character, a priestess and the daughter of Hamilcar Barca, an aristocratic Carthaginian general, is the object of the obsessive lust of Matho, a leader of the mercenaries. With the help of the scheming freed slave, Spendius, Matho steals the sacred veil of Carthage, the Zaïmph, prompting Salammbô to enter the mercenaries' camp in an attempt to steal it back.
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Fiction, History, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Rome, fiction, Historia, Ficción, Cartago (Ciudad desaparecida), Classic Literature, Non-English Fiction, Carthage (Extinct city), Comics & graphic novels, science fiction, Histoire, Fiction, historical, general, Large type books, Illustraties, Frans, Historical fiction, Carthage (Extinct city) -- History -- FictionPlaces
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