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Magdalen Rising

Written by: Elizabeth Cunningham
Narrated by: Heather O'Neill
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Young Magdalen and Jesus, brimming with youthful charm and arrogance, find each other and fall in love, forging a bond that is stronger than death. Their pleasure is overshadowed by a brilliant but unbalanced druid who knows a perilous secret about Maeve's past. The prequel to The Passion of Mary Magdalen.

©2007 Elizabeth Cunningham (P)2015 Audible, Inc.
Genre Fiction Alternate History Love & Romance Religious Fiction Fantasy
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What the critics say

"Smart and earthy.... Richly imaginative.... The epitome of the storyteller's art." (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, named one of The Year's Best Books)
"This amazing book could well become a classic of women's literature." (Booklist, named one of the Year's Ten Best Fantasy Books)

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The best!

This radical story rocked me world. One of the best female characters I have ever read.

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Soulful mystical magical

This is the true story she never told. It’s a balm my sisterhood soul that has been yearning for such truth and inspiring words.

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Unique and poetic.

Book of Longings meets Mists of Avalon. I enjoyed the story, told in the first person very much. The main character — willful and bursting with life and magic — has a lot to say and says it well. Normally I would enjoy too much poetic description in a story but the main character’s language is accessible and compelling.

I wasn’t so sure about some of the accents that the reader affected but I took it with a grain of salt and soon moved past it.

I’ll buy another book in the series and recommend this to my girlfriends who enjoy magical tales with strong female solidarity and sovereignty.

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