"The Eternal City" by Hall Caine is a story set in Rome during a time of social and political trouble, where big themes like love, doing what's right, and helping those less fortunate are explored. The story follows a young boy, David Leone, who has a sad past, and it connects to the main story about David Rossi, an important politician who wants to make big changes to society. The book starts by showing David Leone as a poor and lonely boy lost on the streets of London, feeling hopeless. A kind doctor saves him, and then the story jumps ahead twenty years to Rome during a big celebration. There, we meet important people like David Rossi, who is planning a protest to fight against the unfairness that people are facing. The story is full of complicated politics and feelings, suggesting that the book will be about the struggles of regular workers and each person's role in society.
The Eternal City
By Hall Caine
Against a backdrop of political unrest in Rome, a lost boy's fate intertwines with a reformer's quest for justice, igniting a battle for love and sacrifice.
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About the Author Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine, usually known as Hall Caine, was a British novelist, dramatist, short
story writer, poet and critic of the late 19th and early 20th century. Caine's popularity during his lifetime was unprecedented. He wrote 15 novels on subjects of adultery, divorce, domestic violence, illegitimacy, infanticide, religious bigotry and women's rights, became an international literary celebrity, and sold a total of ten million books. Caine was the most highly paid novelist of his day. The Eternal City is the first novel to have sold over a million copies worldwide. In addition to his books, Caine is the author of more than a dozen plays and was one of the most commercially successful dramatists of his time; many were West End and Broadway productions. Caine adapted seven of his novels for the stage. He collaborated with leading actors and managers, including Wilson Barrett, Viola Allen, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Louis Napoleon Parker, Mrs Patrick Campbell, George Alexander, and Arthur Collins. Most of Caine's novels were adapted into silent black and white films. A. E. Coleby's 1923 18,454 feet, nineteen-reel film The Prodigal Son became the longest commercially made British film. Alfred Hitchcock's 1929 film The Manxman, is Hitchcock's last silent film.
Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine, usually known as Hall Caine, was a British novelist, dramatist, short story writer, poet and critic of the late 19th and early 20th century. Caine's popularity during his lifetime was unprecedented. He wrote 15 novels on subjects of adultery, divorce, domestic violence, illegitimacy, infanticide, religious bigotry and women's rights, became an international literary celebrity, and sold a total of ten million books. Caine was the most highly paid novelist of his day. The Eternal City is the first novel to have sold over a million copies worldwide. In addition to his books, Caine is the author of more than a dozen plays and was one of the most commercially successful dramatists of his time; many were West End and Broadway productions. Caine adapted seven of his novels for the stage. He collaborated with leading actors and managers, including Wilson Barrett, Viola Allen, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Louis Napoleon Parker, Mrs Patrick Campbell, George Alexander, and Arthur Collins. Most of Caine's novels were adapted into silent black and white films. A. E. Coleby's 1923 18,454 feet, nineteen-reel film The Prodigal Son became the longest commercially made British film. Alfred Hitchcock's 1929 film The Manxman, is Hitchcock's last silent film.
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