One of the greatest books of our day.--The Bookman.
The book is like a grand historical pageant.--Literary World.
Of intense interest to the whole Christian civilization.--Chicago Tribune.
Interest never wanes; and the story is carried through its many phases of conflict and terror to a climax that enthralls.--Chicago Record.
As a study of the introduction of the gospel of love into the pagan world typified by Rome, it is marvellously fine.--Chicago Interior.
The picture here given of life in Rome under the last of the Caesars is one of unparalleled power and vividness.--Boston Home Journal.
One of the most remarkable books of the decade. It burns upon the brain the struggles and triumphs of the early church.--Boston Daily Advertiser.
It will become recognized by virtue of its own merits as the one heroic monument built by the modern novelist above the ruins of decadent Rome, and in honor of the blessed martyrs of the early Church.--Brooklyn Eagle.
Our debt to Sienkiewicz is not less than our debt to his translator and friend, Jeremiah Curtin. The diversity of the language, the rapid flow of thought, the picturesque imagery of the descriptions are all his.--Boston Transcript.