Project Gutenberg 2013-05-27 Public domain in the USA. 158 Peple, Edward 1869 1924 Peple, Edward Henry Peple, Eduardo Burd, C. M. (Clara Miller) 1873 1933 Burd, Clara Miller 07026347 Semiramis: A Tale of Battle and of Love Produced by Al Haines "Semiramis: A Tale of Battle and of Love" by Edward Peple is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. The book delves into the life of Queen Semiramis of Assyria, exploring themes of power, ambition, love, and destiny in an ancient setting. The story is presented through the experiences of key characters such as King Ninus and his young companion Menon, who navigate the complexities of conflict and desire against the backdrop of war and politics. The opening of the tale sets the stage with King Ninus lamenting his unsuccessful siege of the city of Zariaspa while surveying the formidable defenses that thwarted his efforts. The King, alongside Menon, evaluates their next moves in warfare, revealing both their personalities and contrasting approaches—Ninus’s brute force and Menon’s cunning tactics. As they strategize, the text foreshadows Ninus’s ambition to build the grand city of Nineveh, hinting at the future conquests and alliances necessary for its creation. Simultaneously, the groundwork for a deeper narrative about love and conflict is laid, especially with Menon’s eventual encounter with Semiramis, which promises to intertwine personal relationships with the larger sociopolitical landscape of their time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42822/42822-rst/images/img-cover.jpg en Semiramis, Queen, consort of Shamshi-Adad V, King of Assyria, active 9th century B.C. -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 610504 610458 2024-09-18T05:21:36.640759 2023-09-18T13:42:00.000605 text/html text/html 612880 2013-05-27T09:21:42 text/html; charset=utf-8 332253 2013-05-27T09:25:12 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 346355 2024-09-18T05:21:55.619719 application/epub+zip 733747 2024-09-18T05:21:53.616671 application/pdf 611100 2024-09-18T05:21:41.743753 application/pdf 359818 2024-09-18T05:21:44.777757 application/epub+zip 288603 2024-09-18T05:21:38.823843 application/epub+zip 505301 2024-09-18T05:22:00.418637 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 471284 2024-09-18T05:21:50.852706 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 401158 2022-09-19T14:35:22.130498 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 526359 2024-09-18T05:21:36.022806 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 526494 2013-05-27T09:23:06 text/plain; charset=utf-8 198902 2013-05-27T09:25:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 524248 2013-05-27T09:23:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 198508 2013-05-27T09:25:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 524247 2013-05-27T09:23:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 198432 2013-05-27T09:25:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 27038 2024-09-18T05:22:00.581650 application/rdf+xml 513496 2024-09-18T05:21:34.552826 2023-09-18T13:41:59.448606 text/x-rst text/x-rst 513496 2013-05-27T09:23:28 text/x-rst 316000 2013-05-27T09:25:12 text/x-rst application/zip 14658 2024-09-18T05:21:42.796724 image/jpeg 2568 2024-09-18T05:21:42.336736 image/jpeg 332316 2024-09-18T05:21:36.693773 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia