In "Quo Vadis" the author gives us pictures of the conflict of moral ideas within the Roman Empire,-a conflict from which pagan immorality declined, and Christianity proceeded as the leading force in history. This powerful novel tells of a love that develops between a young Christian woman named Lygia and Marcus Vinicius, a pagan Roman. It takes place in the city of Rome under the brutal emperor Nero's rule.

The conflict described in "Quo Vadis" has always been of supreme interest to a vast reading audience; and this book rouses more attention than anything else ever written by Sienkiewicz. It is his timeless masterpiece, translated into more than 50 languages worldwide.