Salambo

Salambo is a phenomenal historical novel of the outstanding French prose writer Gustav Flaubert (1821–1880) This is a work about the ancient city of Carthage, its conflicts and objective realities.
The actions of the novel unfold during the uprising of troops in the 3rd century. BC, when dissatisfied mercenaries, angry with a delay in salary, decide to seize the city. The reader gradually reveals complex interweaving of political forces with severe social processes, a whole cultural era with all its riot of colors and feelings, its own morals and customs passes.
On the very basis of his work, the author laid the story of the passion of the daughter of the Carthaginian military leader Hamilcar Salambo and the Libyan leader of the rebellious Mato troops. Their feelings are prohibited, and love is impossible, which leads to irreparable events in the life of Carthaginians.
The novel Salambo awakens the very imagination of the reader, and the beauty of Salambo according to the description of Flaubert will be represented by artists around the world for many years