The biography of a man above all

A biography written in the style of a novel, sleek style, accessible to all, filled with humor and supported historical references fairly impartial.
Beyond the character, Julian the Apostate, Lucien Jerphagnon sheds light on the political and religious situation after Constantine. Christianity appears to be well established, not for dogmatic questions, but let's practice the Roman world has moved on, beliefs and tradition give way to a new era; that of a fragmented Roman Empire and that can no longer regain its unity through the culture of the ancients.
This book breaks down many stereotypes about the passage from paganism to Christianity. Contemporaries of Constantine promoting more angelic and messianic vision of history and forget the key word of any policy: opportunism.
Julian was a great emperor, or should I say "philosopher", beliefs prevailed over pragmatism. Numerous strategic errors taint his reign, Julian lived and ruled for philosophy through his books, without realizing that classical antiquity, as conceived by our Greek friends were gone for good.
There are famous people who lived ahead of or behind their times, Julien was part of the second category. Born a century earlier, he would have done, I think, one of the most advanced of its time Emperors.
So I recommend this book to all lovers of history, from antiquity, philosophy as the dimension developed by Lucien Jerphagnon far beyond the divisions between Christian and pagan. A real gold mine for those who want to understand the process set up by Diocletian Constantine see ...