At its end, a woman dies of shock from seeing a crucifixion.
This novel was described as an "opera in prose" in a 1904 critical study of its author by Guy de Maupassant. Thomas Mann claimed he used this novel as a "negative example" while working on Joseph and His Brothers. In this novel, a pair of lovers are each convinced that the other is the apparition of a god while making love in a palm-tree bed in a tent. At its end, a woman dies of shock from seeing a crucifixion. Characters in this novel believe that the possession of a sacred veil called the (*) Zaimph will bring victory in battle. In this novel, a man disguises a slave-child to take the place of his son in a sacrifice to Moloch. Matho falls in love with this novel's title character when she tries to quell a riot by the mercenaries of Hamilcar. For 10 points, name this work of historical fiction, a Gustave Flaubert novel about a Carthaginian princess.
This novel was described as an "opera in prose" in a 1904 critical study of its author by Guy de Maupassant.
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