[redgolum]

My mom loved her books, and I have read a good number of them. Pillar of Iron sparked my interest in the Roman world way back in 7th grade.

Some of her stuff kind of worried me. There were some references to astrology and reincarnation that were hard to swallow, but over all I have really enjoyed her books.

Is she still alive?

[cyncooper]

She died in 1985, I believe. I, too, read lots of her stuff out of my mother's library starting when I was in H.S., and I still have many of her books on my own shelves.