Julian
a novel
Julian is a 1964 gay fiction and historical fiction novel by Gore Vidal. It takes readers to Rome in Julian, 361–363. It deals with emperors, cults, gay men and sailors.
39 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 30 editions across 3 languages.
At about 502 pages, most readers finish it in 9–10 hours.
About Julian
Julian the Apostate, nephew of Constantine the Great, was one of the brightest yet briefest lights in the history of the Roman Empire. A military genius on the level of Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great, a graceful and persuasive essayist, and a philosopher devoted to worshiping the gods of Hellenism, he became embroiled in a fierce intellectual war with Christianity that provoked his murder at the age of thirty-two, only four years into his brilliantly humane and compassionate reign. A marvelously imaginative and insightful novel of classical antiquity, Julian captures the religious and political ferment of a desperate age and restores with blazing wit and vigor the legacy of an impassioned ruler.
Quick answers
Who wrote Julian?
Julian was written by Gore Vidal and first published in 1964.
What genre is Julian?
It is usually shelved as Gay Fiction and Historical Fiction.
How long is Julian?
The median edition has 502 pages, about 9–10 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Julian?
Readers who like it often enjoy Satyricon, The Charioteer and Mémoires d'Hadrien.
More by Gore Vidal
All books →
The City and the Pillar
Gore Vidal
Hollywood
Gore Vidal
The judgment of Paris
Gore Vidal
Duluth
Gore Vidal
A Search for the King
Gore Vidal
- FREE
Messiah
Gore Vidal
Books like Julian
Satyricon
Petronius, Vittorio de Simone
The Charioteer
Mary Renault
Mémoires d'Hadrien
Marguerite Yourcenar
Lavinia
Ursula K. Le Guin
Tipping the Velvet
Sarah Waters, Juanita McMahon
Maurice
E. M. Forster
Querelle de Brest
Jean Genet
- FREE🎧
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde