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| Author | John Gibson Lockhart |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | William Blackwood |
Publication date | 1821 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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Valerius is an 1821 historical novel in three volumes by the Scottish writer John Gibson Lockhart, the first of four that he wrote.[1] Lockhart was the son-in-law of Walter Scott, and the work was seen as an attempt to imitate the style of his father-in-law's Waverley Novels. It is set in Ancient Rome, a historical period that Scott himself avoided writing about.[2] Valerius, the hero, converts to Christianity and has to flee to Britain to escape the persecution of the Emperor Trajan.[3]