Wu Ting
How would you interpret this sentence in the book review? The Echo, February 28, 1946 This one is flying off the bookstore shelves from coast to coast: ‘Vassals of Majesty’ by Harrison W. Shepherd, with 50,000 sold the first month after publication. Its pageant of noble heroes and dastardly villains plays out on the golden shores of ancient Rome. When you’ve had enough of the “heart and soul of the common man” exalted by the late FDR, here are uncommon men with derring-do, sweeping the reader into the Success Dream that drives them. Ladies and gentlemen, but definitely. Harry Shepherd cranks out a darn good read. And watch out, girls: he’s single!How would you interpret this sentence in the book review: Its pageant of noble heroes and dastardly villains plays out on the golden shores of ancient Rome? How would you interpret ‘the golden shores of ancient Rome’? What’s the connection between ‘the golden shores of ancient Rome’ and the book ‘Vassals of Majesty’ which was concerned about the ancient Aztec in Mexico? Thanks!
Dec 23, 2014 4:32 AM
Answers · 4
It is just an elegant and literary way of saying that the book has typical "goodies and baddies" in it (heroes/villains) and that the story is set in Rome.That is where the story happens.I am not sure what is not clear to you.I have no idea what you mean about Mexico,which I don't see mentioned in the quotation you give.
December 23, 2014
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