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Title: Mary, Called Magdalene (Chivers Sound Library American Collections (Audio)) by Margaret George, Melissa Hughes ISBN: 0-7927-2600-6 Publisher: Sound Library Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 20 List Price(USD): $139.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.23 (71 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Disappointing Showing for An Excellent Author
Comment: Having read Ms. George's three previous historical novels, I waited eagerly for the release of her fourth effort. Being a huge historical novel fan, especially of people and events occuring in ancient times, I was extremely excited at the prospect of Ms. George's take on Mary of Magdala.
However, I was also extremely disappointed once I began reading this new novel. In the past, I had found Ms. George to be very accurate in her research and her special talent for being able to recreate historical times entralled me. Her writing style in all three of her previous novels pulled me in and held me until I finally finished her epic length books.
In Mary Called Magdalene Ms. George writes in a style much more suited to "young adults" or persons of an age 12-15. Her dialog is stilted and unrealistic. She fails miserably to recreate the mood or setting of an Israel in Roman times. The characters, especially her main characters of Mary of Magdala and Jesus himself were one dimensional at best and the pivotal characters in any story about the life of Jesus Christ might as well have been deleted. Without a bible at hand, I had a hard time keeping straight which disciple was which! Their characters were all paper doll cut outs of each other as was their dialog. I have read numerous fictional "biographies" and this was by far the worst. To have come from such an accomplished author as Margaret George who accomplished great historical writing in the Memoirs of Cleopatria" it was doubly disappointing.
Rating: 5
Summary: perfect follow up book for da vinci code
Comment: Nashville City Paper BookClub Column - May 27, 2004
Mary, Called Magdalene by Margaret George (Penguin) is perfect for those who are seeking answers to questions raised in Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code (Doubleday).
Saralee Terry Woods is President of BookMan/BookWoman Books in Nashville, and Larry D. Woods is an attorney.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best...
Comment: This is one of the best stories I have ever read surrounding the life of Jesus Christ. I am a great fan of historical fiction and this book kept me enthralled all the way to the end. To hear the story through the thoughts of the woman who is shrouded in mystery was wonderful. The story was kept biblically accurate, Mary became neither his wife or his lover, but a loving disciple who had more strength than many of the men who followed him. I will be buying copies for my friends.
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Title: The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George ISBN: 0312187459 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 15 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Mary Queen of Scotland & The Isles : A Novel by Margaret George ISBN: 0312155859 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Autobiography of Henry VIII : With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers by Margaret George ISBN: 0312194390 Publisher: Griffin Trade Paperback Pub. Date: 15 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Gospel of Mary Magdalene by Jean-Yves Leloup, Joseph Rowe, Jacob Needleman ISBN: 0892819111 Publisher: Inner Traditions Intl Ltd Pub. Date: 30 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Woman With the Alabaster Jar: Mary Magdalen and the Holy Grail by Margaret Starbird, Mary Magdalen, Holy Grail ISBN: 1879181037 Publisher: Bear & Co Pub. Date: June, 1993 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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