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Stone City, The
(ISBN: 0-7544-0098-0)
| Author(s): |
Lowenstein, Anna |
Pages: |
232 |
| Publisher: |
Citron Press |
Date of Publication: |
1999 |
| Reading Level: |
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Genre: |
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| Setting: |
Rome |
Period: |
early first century AD (Code: 7) |
| Rome Setting: |
y |
Christian/Jewish/Pagan: |
c/p |
| Mystery: |
n |
First Person: |
y |
| Detective/Narrator: |
Bivana, slave captured in Celtic Britain |
| Subject: |
Young Celtic woman captured and brought to Rome, where she becomes bed-mate of her masterÕs scribe and eventually gains her freedom. There are tragic consequences to her discovery of the Nazarenes, activists in a young religious movement. |
| Unique Qualities: |
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| Rating: |
Òsubtle and compassionate novel...powerful and life-enhancing story told with passion and grace.Ó (N Henshaw) |
| Review By: |
Nancy Henshaw |
| Review In: |
Historical Novel Society Review, 11 (March 2000) |
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