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Jeho království
Author: Mika Waltari
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Roman traveler Marcus Manilius Mezentianus arrives in Jerusalem with private troubles and witnesses Jesus's death. In Jeho království, Mika Waltari follows a man whose encounter with an unfamiliar spiritual world raises new questions.
Marcus has left an unhappy love behind, but events in Jerusalem soon take him beyond his own concerns. Seeking to understand Jesus's words and actions, he meets disciples and other witnesses, including Mary Magdalene, Simon of Cyrene, and Lazarus. Their different perspectives make room for a personal search. Encounters between cultural and religious ideas give major events a human scale, revealing what the narrator can accept, understand, or reconsider.
Marta Hellmuthová's Czech translation is published by Vyšehrad in the Světová próza collection. The ebook has 384 pages and comes in EPUB, PDF, and MOBI formats.
Roman traveler Marcus Manilius Mezentianus arrives in Jerusalem with private troubles and witnesses Jesus's death. In Jeho království, Mika Waltari follows a man whose encounter with an unfamiliar spiritual world raises new questions.
Book information
- Author
- Mika Waltari
- Publisher
- Albatros Media a.s.
- Imprint
- Vyšehrad
- Formát
- E-book
- Language
- Czech
- Genre
- historický román
- Original title
- Valtakunnan salaisuus
- ISBN
- 978-80-760-1880-8
- Publication date
- 1. September 2025
- Pages
- 384
- Edition
- Světová próza
- E-book formats
- EPUB (ISBN 978-80-267-3220-4) · PDF (ISBN 978-80-267-3217-4) · MOBI (ISBN 978-80-267-3221-1)
What is Jeho království about?
Marcus has left an unhappy love behind, but events in Jerusalem soon take him beyond his own concerns. Seeking to understand Jesus's words and actions, he meets disciples and other witnesses, including Mary Magdalene, Simon of Cyrene, and Lazarus. Their different perspectives make room for a personal search. Encounters between cultural and religious ideas give major events a human scale, revealing what the narrator can accept, understand, or reconsider.
Themes and motifs
Searching for meaning
Marcus examines Jesus's words and actions.
Cultures meeting
A Roman observer enters Jerusalem's religious world.
Faith and understanding
Personal experience opens new questions.
Love and mercy
A spiritual message meets human experience.
Setting
Jerusalem at the time of Jesus's crucifixion and the cultural world of antiquity.
Main characters
Marcus Manilius Mezentianus
The Roman narrator arriving in Jerusalem.
Jesus Christ
His death and message become the focus of Marcus's search.
Who is this book for?
For readers of historical fiction about antiquity and early Christianity who enjoy an individual's spiritual search.
Book context
Mika Waltari's novel was originally titled Valtakunnan salaisuus in Finnish. Marta Hellmuthová's Czech translation belongs to the Světová próza collection.
Otázky o knihe
Who narrates the story?
The Roman Marcus Manilius Mezentianus.
What is the original title?
Valtakunnan salaisuus.
Who translated this Czech edition?
Marta Hellmuthová.
What are the edition details?
This Czech-language Vyšehrad ebook has 384 pages and comes in EPUB, PDF, and MOBI formats.
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