The Eternal City

638 pp. Ten pages of publisher ads follow text. Maroon boards with gilt title and decor on spine and front board. The first novel ever to sell over 1 million copies worldwide. Caine's books were regularly adapted to film, most notably Hitchcock's last silent film The Manxman, and The Prodigal Son, the longest commercially made British film. Novel set in Rome. An epic novel in the romantic tradition of a love set among the Italian Revolution.