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Buchr�cken leicht besto�n, r�ckseitig zwei minimale wei� Flecken, innen sehr guter Zustand / Spine slightly bumped, two minimal white spots on the back, inside very good condition - INTRODUCTION -- STRUCTURE AND THEMES -- Book 12 is the longest book of the Aeneid, but also one of the most highly concentrated. The action unfolds within a single 24-hour period and focuses almost exclusively on the combat between Aeneas and Turnus that will determine the outcome of the war between Trojans and Latins. T. agrees to meet A. in the opening scene, but the decisive encounter is repeatedly deferred and does not take place until the end of the book. After T. is wounded and his plea for mercy is rejected, the book ends with T.'s death at A.'s hands. The only part of the book that does not relate directly to the duel or its delaying is the conversation between Jupiter and Juno in 791-842; although is essential in determining T.'s fate, that episode looks beyond the immediate circumstances to the union of Trojans and Latins that will follow A.'s victory. ISBN 9780521308816