Pilate's Wife: A Novel of the Roman Empire
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A daughter of privilege in the most powerful empire the world has ever known, Claudia has a unique and disturbing gift: her dreams have an uncanny way of coming true. As a rebellious child seated beside the tyrannical Roman Emperor Tiberius, she first spies the powerful gladiator who will ultimately be her one true passion. Yet it is the ambitious magistrate Pontius Pilate who intrigues the impressionable young woman she becomes, and Claudia finds her way into his arms by means of a mysterious ancient magic. Pilate is her grand destiny, leading her to Judaea and plunging her into a seething cauldron of open rebellion. But following her friend Miriam of Magdala's confession of her ecstatic love for a charismatic religious radical, Claudia begins to experience terrifying visions--horrific premonitions of war, injustice, untold devastation and damnation . . . and the crucifixion of a divine martyr whom she must do everything in her power to save.
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Rated 2 stars"Pilate's Wife" - Read If You Dare
I can't fit the entire review I'd like to on here (you can see it on Amazon), but I was very disappointed in "Pilate's Wife". Extremely inaccurate historically with people, places, names, dates, and not a great book at all. I'm not sure where these 5 star reviews are coming from. I guess from people who don't know their ancient history very well😞.
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Rated 5 starsBest book of the year
Having just completed Pilate's Wife today, Palm Sunday 2008, this novel of the Roman Empire has great significance for me. I could not put the book down! Anoinette May has penned an extraordinary historical novel centered around Claudia, Pilate's independent, passionate and visionary wife. The myriad colors, sounds, and opulence of an empire at it's height are brought to life exquisitely and with much comparison and allusions...
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Rated 5 starsBreathtaking....
...I couldn't put this book down...from the first page you are immersed in the life of roman noble family....love, war, passion, history - everything is in this book. A must read!
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Rated 5 starsWonderful book!
When I saw the title, I incorrectly assumed that this would be biblical fiction. It is not. It's a magical observation of the time leading up to Christ's death. Filled with the fascinating ritual of the many "gods" of a pre-Christian society. Colleen McCullough's Rome series made me a huge fan of (at least reading about) the Roman Empire, and Marian Zimmer Bradley's Mists of Avalon (among others) made me a fan of historical...
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Rated 5 starsOutstanding
Pilate's Wife is a magnificent historical literary masterpiece. Ms. May is a wonderful storyteller she brings the past to life as you watch the glories and barbarism of the ancient Roman Empire. Her description of the scenes are so lifelike that I imagined myself sitting in the crowd at the circus observing the slaughter. It's a wonderful depiction of the Greatest Story ever told from a totally different direction. It is...
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