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The splendor and pagan excesses of Roman society are confronted by the life-changing faith of Christianity in this historically accurate fiction work. Guaranteed fiction!
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SPRING was daubing a drab and hibernating Italy with brush strokes of fertile green. Read the first page
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SPRING was daubing a drab and hibernating Italy with brush strokes of fertile green. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Maier - the author,
By Gary & Dawn (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: FLAMES OF ROME: A Novel (Paperback)
The only thing disappointing with Maier is he doesn't write enough.- finish a book and you crave for another.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Maier brings history alive,
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This review is from: FLAMES OF ROME: A Novel (Paperback)
This is the second documentary novel by Dr. Maier (see Pontius Pilate) and is a great introduction to the complex history of the period ruled by Claudius and Nero. Maier takes the primary source material and crafts it into a novel which nontheless stays as true to history as is capable.I learned much more about the background to the New Testament Church from this book than I did with many seminary bible classes. Dr. Maier actually footnotes many key elements of his novel, and the footnotes will lead you into the tangle of primary sources without getting too lost. If you want to understand what Paul and the early Church were up against, by all means pick up this book. 4 stars (not 5) due to some slighlty juvenile romance between some of the main characters that takes a little pleasure out of the experience.
3.0 out of 5 stars
well-documented, poor writing,
By LambertWM (UTRECHT, The Netherlands) - See all my reviews
This review is from: FLAMES OF ROME: A Novel (Paperback)
Although this book partially describes the same events as the Claudius novels by Robert Graves, it *never* comes close to the quality of Graves's writing.(on second thought, and to be perfectly frank, I must add that I've read this book in Dutch translation) Perhaps Maier is too eager to display his profound historical knowledge, but in any case he does not have the ability to construct a proper novel from this rich material. Some characters enter and leave the story without any introduction or background and remain shallow throughout the book. Towards the end, it gets better as the fascinating story of the start of the Christian religion is described.
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