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To: NYer

The books of Lloyd Douglas are very good. I also recommend “The Big Fisherman.” There ae some others, but I don’t remember the titles. “The Robe” is especially good.

I would also recommend the classic novel “Quo Vadis,” by Henryk Sienkiewicz (whose name I may have misspelled). It is a little difficult to read until you get used to the old-fashioned style, but it is a wonderful novel of early Christianity and the martyrs under Nero.


10 posted on 12/03/2007 4:05:35 PM PST by Miss Marple
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To: Miss Marple
I would also recommend the classic novel “Quo Vadis,” by Henryk Sienkiewicz (whose name I may have misspelled). It is a little difficult to read until you get used to the old-fashioned style, but it is a wonderful novel of early Christianity and the martyrs under Nero.

Thank you for the recommendation! Quo Vadis is in my collection, still unread. Winters are long here in the northeast. I stopped watching the news and political commentary several yearss ago and gradually limited my viewing to classic films and a few other programs. It's time to dust off the tomes and read these wonderful classics. How about 'The Silver Chalice'? I have that book as well.

12 posted on 12/03/2007 7:13:25 PM PST by NYer ("Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church" - Ignatius of Antioch)
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“Quo Vadis,”

The film was nice.


14 posted on 12/03/2007 9:54:45 PM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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