JOURNEY of the PEREGRINES: Secret Gifts of the Magi - Softcover

Westhead, Justine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1449900461 ISBN 13: 9781449900465

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2009

Synopsis

Journey of the Peregrines (gypsies) Secret Gifts of the Magi - an historical novel set in Caesaraugusta, Hispania (ancient Salduba, present day Saragossa, Spain) - 295 AD to 315AD - time of the last most brutal persecution of Christianity under Diocletian until the reign of Constantine the Great. It includes the story of Vincentius (St. Vincent Martyr), a young deacon and hero of Hispania. Among a complexities of love and romance, the novel illumines the character and lives of the early Christians and the Peregrines (gypsies). Included in the imaginative tales told around their Great Fire, these mysterious and illusive people, the gypsies/peregrines, relate the secret of how they came to be called gypsies. Included in their tales is the story of how they escorted the Magi into Bethlehem and the Holy Family into Egypt. Their many tales also tell of their Saint, Sara, and their presence and involvement at critical times in the life of Christ.

About this title

About the Author:

Justine Westhead is a graduate of Montclair University, New Jersey, USA, studied piano with Cecily Lambert Knechtel, of The Julliard School in New York City and art with Emily Hollister associate of the Chicago Latin School and The Chicago Art Institute.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1449900461
• ISBN 13: 9781449900465
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 372