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| Title | : | Magdalen Rising: The Beginning (Maeve Chronicles #1) |
| Author | : | Elizabeth Cunningham |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 384 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 2007 by Monkfish Book Publishing (first published April 1st 2000) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Religion |
Elizabeth Cunningham
Hardcover | Pages: 384 pages Rating: 4.24 | 757 Users | 81 Reviews
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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.
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| Original Title: | Magdalen Rising: The Beginning (The Maeve Chronicles) |
| ISBN: | 0976684322 (ISBN13: 9780976684329) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Maeve Chronicles #1 |
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Ratings: 4.24 From 757 Users | 81 ReviewsCommentary Based On Books Magdalen Rising: The Beginning (Maeve Chronicles #1)
Elizabeth Cunningham's book (originally sold under the title _Daughter of the Shining Isles_) tells the story of a woman raised by goddesses on a holy island. She goes to the druids to learn their ways, and there meets a man with whom she falls in love. Little does she know that this man would someday be known as Jesus Christ. This book is a fascinating discussion of paganism and Christianity, and explores the idea of what the "lost years" of Christ might have entailed. Definitely not for theTwo and a half. But it won't let us gives halves. Overall: The book didn't work for me. In specific: there are some well-articulated moments (see below).I think maybe my hopes were too high for this book. I was hoping for a book that really put a female-male balanced spiritual world-view. But instead, I got a strong dose of humanist feminism (beating men at their own game) scrubbed over with a sort of New Age/Celtic goddess magic-and-powers idea. As I read, what I kept hoping for was that the
I wanted to like this book so much more than I did, especially as I really enjoyed The Passion of Mary Magdalen, which this book is the prequel to. I guess I didn't find Maeve's earlier years as interesting as I did her time as a slave in Rome and then in the Holy Land, and I was also expecting more of Esus in it, since she tells their love story so brilliantly to the other whores in The Passion of Mary Magdalen. Then again, knowing how Maeve feels about "truth" and "good storytelling", I guess
interesting to think of mary magdalen/jesus in this way. in NO WAY a Christian book... more pagan than anything else.
Absolutely loved this book. Love how it shows the whole Jesus story from a woman's point of view and has Celtic mythology/history entwined in the story. I can't wait to start the next book in the series!!
Didn't want it to end! This is one of those stories that I'm sad when I reach the end, not because the ending is sad (which it sort of is) but because I want the story to go on. Thankfully it does in the next book! As far as the story goes, it is obvious there was lots of research done regarding the Celts of that time. I don't know much, but what I do know was portrayed accurately. It's an interesting tale to read. I like the idea of Mary Magdalene as a Celt and Jesus going to a Druid college to
This series was so compelling, hilarious, heartbreaking, witchy, and profound, highly recommend. Like for real.
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