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Story Setting: Athens in 59 – 64 A.D. A Tale of Athens in the First Century

In this book the author has portrayed some of the many difficulties that Christianity had to contend with in the 1st century AD; not only paganism and philosophy, but from every mode of life and tone of thought then prevailing. Christianity was planted amongst a culture of corrupt, luxurious, cruel pleasure-seekers and proud, self-satisfied and disdainful philosophers – sounds familiar, doesn’t it?  The insights into ancient Greece gained from this story are relevant and helpful in understaniding our present age.  A must read if you studying Ancient Greece.

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Originally published in 1874; 270 pages; For Ages 10 – Adult After the death of her father, Glaucia is sold to a wealthy Roman family to pay his debts. She tries hard to adjust to her new life but longs to find a God who can love even a slave. Meanwhile, her brother, Laon, struggles to find her and to earn enough money to buy her freedom. But what is the mystery that surrounds their mother’s disappearance years earlier and will they ever be able to read the message in the parchments she left for them?

This book also has page end notes of any difficult words and their meanings, thus developing your child’s vocabulary as he/she reads!

Emma Leslie (1837-1909), whose actual name was Emma Dixon, was a prolific Victorian children’s author who wrote well over 100 books. Emma Leslie brought a strong Christian emphasis into her writing and many of her books were originally published by the Religious Tract Society.

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