About the book: 2001 / The personality of Emperor Julian (331–363) constantly attracts the attention of historians, writers, and poets. In the Christian tradition, he is known by the derogatory nickname of the Apostate: it was he who made the last attempt to revive paganism as the state religion of the Roman Empire. At the same time, Emperor Julian went down in history as an outstanding commander, an extraordinary writer, an original thinker, who left his works to his descendants, as a man of exceptional personal qualities... The famous French historian and writer Jacques Benoit-Méchain, author of a series of novels about outstanding personalities in the history of mankind, offers his view of the reformer emperor who tried to stop time and, in essence, turn back history. Translation based on the publication: Benoist-Méchin. L'Empereur Julien ou le rêve calciné (331–363). Paris: Perrin, 1997.