by Alexandra Ripley · Warner Books · tapa dura · ISBN 9780446516914
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«A Love Divine» is the historical novel by Alexandra Ripley, published by Warner Books in hardcover (712 pages, in English).
It recreates the life of Joseph of Arimathea, the wealthy Jew who gave his tomb to bury Jesus and who, according to legend, brought Christianity to Britain. Between his love of the sea and his passion for Sarah, he travels from Palestine to ancient Britain, with intrigues at Herod's court and an encounter with Jesus that will change his destiny and that of his daughter Helena.
First edition published in 1996. Includes bibliography on pages 711-712. Alexandra Ripley is also the author of Scarlett, the sequel to Gone with the Wind.
For readers of historical fiction interested in biblical recreations, the origins of Christianity, and the figure of Joseph of Arimathea.
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Alexandra Ripley was an American writer best known as the author of Scarlett (1991), written as a sequel to Gone with the Wind. Her first novel was Who's the Lady in the President's Bed? (1972). Charleston (1981), her first historical novel, was a bestseller, as were her next books On Leaving Charleston (1984), The Time Returns (1985), and New Orleans Legacy (1987).
