The Book of Mary - Gold, Alan
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She's the most famous woman in history, yet almost nothing is known about her. Although she's portrayed as the gentlest and most tragic of all women, her name has been used as an excuse for internecine hatred and wars between peoples. But who was Mary, mother of Jesus Christ? What type of family did she have? What was the community like in which she grew from child to teenager forced to marry a man three times her age? And why have virtually all the details of her early life been obscured and censored by the writers of the Bible? In The Book of Mary, novelist Alan Gold looks at first century…mehr

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She's the most famous woman in history, yet almost nothing is known about her. Although she's portrayed as the gentlest and most tragic of all women, her name has been used as an excuse for internecine hatred and wars between peoples. But who was Mary, mother of Jesus Christ? What type of family did she have? What was the community like in which she grew from child to teenager forced to marry a man three times her age? And why have virtually all the details of her early life been obscured and censored by the writers of the Bible? In The Book of Mary, novelist Alan Gold looks at first century Israel under the iron heels of Roman occupation and uncovers what life was like for a young woman in a distant outpost of the most aggressive and merciless Empire in history. Following Mary's story from teenager to a young woman married to a widower, to mother, and then to become a devotee of the new religion her Son had created. This tragic yet virtually unknown woman is forced to witness the excruciating pain of her son's crucifixion.
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Alan Gold was born and educated in England, trained as a journalist for a major newspaper in the Midlands before becoming a reporter-at-large in the USA, Europe and the Middle East writing for international newspapers and magazines. While in Israel to cover the conflicts between Israelis and Palestinians, he met his Czech-born wife, Eva, and travelled with her to her home in Australia to get married. He became a financial journalist, marketing consultant to financial and banking institutions and political commentator before writing books. His first was a little work about his wife's pregnancy, and the second was a college textbook on marketing. But fiction was always his greatest love, and journalism and marketing are wonderful training grounds for a life as a story-teller. His first novel was a story which he uncovered working for Reuters International News Agency in Israel; because of its controversial themes, he didn't write it until going to Australia. The Jericho Files, which was published by HarperCollins was an international success. Since then, he's written over thirty novels, with subjects ranging from the Bible to ancient and modern history. His two latest novels are The Devil's Apprentice, a fictionalised autobiography of the real Faust and his problems with the invention of the printing press, and His Head on a Platter, about the life of the Renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi both published by Romaunce Books. Both are currently under negotiations with cable networks in the States to be made into television series. And his just-released novel, Lady of the Night is a story about truth in fiction and fiction in truth. It was inspired by the unexpected rise to power of Donald Trump in America and his ability to repeatedly lie and persuade so many Americans that he was telling the truth. The Nazi Minister for Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels said, "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it," and this is the basis of my new novel.