Friedrich Hebbel's Herod and Mariamne

Bücher

Angebote / Angebote:

Excerpt from Friedrich Hebbel's Herod and Mariamne: A Free AdaptationThe centre of the attention, the subject of the whispers, the reason for the hushed and furtive movements, herod himself, lies asleep on a couch in the centre of the room. But his slumber is light and troubled. Finally he wakes with a start. At once the court stirs into activity. The courtiers draw near, a slave adjusts his pillows, others bring towels and a basin of water that he may wash the sleep from his eyes. This he does, all the while glancing about the room as if still lost in dreams. His eyes light on three men who stand a little apart, guarded by soldiers. The men are young, bronzed, half-naked, with chains on their wrists. Each holds some small parcel, cupped in his two hands as if it were precious. Herod crooks his finger at them. All three rush forward and fall on their knees.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.