Salammbô

 Ancient Carthage. Savage passion. A city on the brink of destruction.

In Salammbô, Gustave Flaubert transports readers to the splendor and brutality of ancient Carthage during the Mercenary Revolt in the 3rd century BC. The novel follows the tragic and intense passion between Salammbô, the beautiful daughter of the Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca, and Mathô, a towering leader of the barbarian mercenaries who rise up against the city. Amid lavish religious rituals, brutal warfare, political intrigue, and exotic excess, Flaubert weaves a mesmerizing tale of love, obsession, revenge, and the clash between civilization and barbarism.

With his signature precision and vivid, almost cinematic prose, Flaubert recreates a lost world of oriental splendor and savage violence. Salammbô is a dazzling historical novel that stands as one of the most opulent and powerful works of 19th-century French literature.

• First published in 1862
• Flaubert’s ambitious follow-up to Madame Bovary
• A landmark of historical fiction and exotic realism

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A timeless classic for readers who love epic historical novels, rich world-building, and powerful tales of passion and conflict.

About the Author

Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880) was a French novelist widely regarded as one of the greatest masters of literary realism. Famous for his obsessive pursuit of stylistic perfection, he is best known for his masterpiece, Madame Bovary. With Salammbô, Flaubert demonstrated his extraordinary ability to bring distant historical worlds to vivid, unforgettable life.