The seed of war is as much purpose as it is conflict, just as rain is yet the flower seed’s song. (35) For the utility of war to mankind is superlative if that war is indeed righteous, Giving the fruits of social splendor, having cleaned away the threats of ills; When too many p...
The story centers on Emilia Marty, an opera diva in pre-World War I Prague with a secret: she is 337 years old. Her father, it is revealed in the final act, was the court physician to Emperor Rudolf II, and used her as a guinea pig for an elixir of life he was developing...