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The Wife of Pilate and Other Stories

The Wife of Pilate and Other Stories

Historical Fiction

Michael J. (RTL) Miller, Gertrud von le Fort

Authors: Michael J. (RTL) Miller, Gertrud von le Fort
Print type: BOOK

Description:

"The Wife of Pilate imagines the slow, arduous transformation of an aristocratic woman, who is mentioned in the New Testament, from a pagan into a Christian saint, as she is now honored in the Byzantine Church. Plus Ultra takes us into the high politics of early sixteenth-century Europe, and into the soul of a lonely young lady at court who knows she has attracted the intoxicating but dangerous attention of the Emperor Charles V himself. At the Gate of Heaven takes the clash between astronomical discoveries and the Roman Inquisition trial of Galileo as the backdrop for harrowing reflections about man's place in the cosmos."--Page 4 of cover.