Young Marcus Vinicius has just returned from the wars. His uncle Petronius, former proconsul of Bithynia, is advisor to the emperor--Nero. The lives of both are dramatically changed when Marcus falls in love with a Christian girl.
Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916) was a Nobel Prize winning Polish author. Pan Michael is a work of historical fiction set in Poland, Lithuania, and Eastern Europe.
A Narrative of the Time of Nero, commonly known as Quo Vadis, is a historical novel written by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Quo vadis is Latin for "Where are you going?" and alludes to a New Testament verse (John 13:36).