| The Centurion's Wife Contributor(s): Oke, Janette (Author), Bunn, Davis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0764205145 ISBN-13: 9780764205149 Publisher: Bethany House Publishers OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: Two bestselling novelists once again combine their creativity and experience to produce a vivid, dramatic novel--the first in a trilogy--set in the first century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Christian - Historical - Fiction | Religious - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008041670 |
| Series: Acts of Faith |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.85 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Theometrics - Evangelical |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Janette Oke has dreamed for years of retelling a story in a biblical time frame from a female protagonist's perspective, and Davis Bunn is elated to be working with her again on this sweeping saga of the dramatic events surrounding the birth of Christianity...and the very personal story of Leah, a young Jewess of mixed heritage trapped in a vortex of competing political agendas and private trauma. Caught up in the maelstrom following the death of an obscure rabbi in the Roman backwater of first-century Palestine, Leah finds herself also engulfed in her own turmoil--facing the prospect of an arranged marriage to a Roman soldier, Alban, who seems to care for nothing but his own ambitions. Head of the garrison near Galilee, he has been assigned by Palestine's governor to ferret out the truth behind rumors of a political execution gone awry. Leah's mistress, the governor's wife, secretly commissions Leah also to discover what really has become of this man whose death--and missing body--is causing such furor. This epic drama is threaded with the tale of an unlikely romance and framed with dangers and betrayals from unexpected sources. At its core, The Centurion's Wife unfolds the testing of loyalties--between two young people whose inner searchings they cannot express, between their irreconcilable heritages, and ultimately between their humanity and the Divine they yearn to encounter. |
Contributor Bio(s): Oke, Janette: - Bestselling author Janette Oke is celebrated for her significant contribution to the Christian book industry. Her novels have sold more than thirty million copies, and she's the recipient of the ECPA President's Award, the CBA Life Impact Award, the Gold Medallion, and the Christy Award. Janette and her husband, Edward, live in Alberta, Canada.Bunn, Davis: - Davis Bunn (www.davisbunn.com) is the award-winning author of numerous national bestsellers with sales totaling more than seven million copies worldwide. His work has been published in twenty languages, and his critical acclaim includes four Christy Awards for excellence in fiction. Bunn is a Writer-in-Residence at Regent's Park College, Oxford University. He and his wife, Isabella, divide their time between England and Florida. |