Zanoni Book

It is the second book written by B.Lytton that I read, the first, - The Last Days Of Pompeii- being written in the same frame, with more history, however.
"Zanoni" leaves more place for esotericism, but, in this case, what is esoteric is not so by the nature, it's only accidentaly.
This kind of literature skillfully plays a very popular stake today : the victim-consciousness stake. Its succes comes largely from a sentimental blackmail, that apppels to our natural compassion for the victims, while demonizing the "persecutors" of service.
The example given by Faivre - DaVinci's Code- is very eloquent.
"Zanoni" - it seems to me a complex book, difficult for an uninvited reader in the subject of Rosicrucianism, but, over the 600 pages you will discover an exceptional writing, with meticulous descriptions of the characters, sometimes too meticulous, but maybe that's what I liked most, - the evocation of the eternal battle between mind and heart of mankind.
Also, a wonderful love story , translated into an original writing, with deep reflections, evocative of an era well rooted in romanticism.
But after all, it's about fear.

" Thou art unfit for the science that has made me and others what we are , or have been; for thy whole nature is one fear ! Fear ! and the worst fear , fear of the world's opinion, fear of the dark passions and the conventionalists, fear of thine own impulses when most generous, fear of thine own powers when thy genius is most bold ; fear that virtue is not eternal ; fear that God does not live in heaven to keep watch on earth ; fear, the fear of little men ; and that fear is never known to the great ".