Valerius (novel) explained

Valerius
Author:	John Gibson Lockhart
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Publisher:	William Blackwood
Release Date:	1821
Media Type:	Print

Valerius is an 1821 historical novel in three volumes by the Scottish writer John Gibson Lockhart, the first of four that he wrote.^[1] Lockhart was the son-in-law of Walter Scott, and the work was seen as an attempt to imitate the style of his father-in-law's Waverley Novels. It is set in Ancient Rome, a historical period that Scott himself avoided writing about.^[2] Valerius, the hero, converts to Christianity and has to flee to Britain to escape the persecution of the Emperor Trajan.^[3]

Bibliography

• Aquino, Frederick D. & King Benjamin J. The Oxford Handbook of John Henry Newman. Oxford University Press, 2018.
• Baugh, Albert C (ed.) A Literary History of England Vol. 4. Routledge, 2004.
• Vance, Norman & Wallace, Jennifer (ed.) The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature, Volume 4. Oxford University Press, 2012.

Notes and References

1. Baugh p.1274
2. Vance & Wallace p.286
3. Aquino & King p.590