This anthology includes nine historical novels, which are set in Ancient Rome and describe life of early Christians:
DOMITIA BY SABINE BARING-GOULD
BEN-HUR: A TALE OF THE CHRIST BY LEW WALLACE
QUO VADIS (A NARRATIVE OF THE TIME OF NERO) BY HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ
VALERIA, THE MARTYR OF THE CATACOMBS BY W.H. WITHROW
THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII BY EDWARD GEORGE BULWER-LYTTON
JOVINIAN BY W.H.G. KINGSTON
ZENOBIA (OR, THE FALL OF PALMYRA) BY WILLIAM WARE
AURELIAN; OR, ROME IN THE THIRD CENTURY BY WILLIAM WARE
PERPETUA (A STORY OF NIMES IN A.D. 213) BY SABINE BARING-GOULD
Sabine Baring-Gould of Lew Trenchard in Devon, England, was an Anglican priest, hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist, folk song collector and eclectic scholar. His bibliography consists of more than 1,240 publications, though this list continues to grow. His family home, the manor house of Lew Trenchard, near Okehampton, Devon, has been preserved as he had it rebuilt and is now a hotel. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being "Onward, Christian Soldiers", "Sing Lullaby", and "Now the Day Is Over". He also translated the carol "Gabriel's Message" from the Basque language to English.
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