Daughter of Lazarus - later US edition

by Albert A. Bell, Jr.

A splendid combination of deft story-telling with solid historical information. This is the story of Lorcis, slave of decadent Roman aristocrats, who unknowingly holds a clue to her past. Aided by a fellow slave and a kindly nobleman, she undertakes a journey that leads from the ashes of Vesuvius and the bloody horrors of the Coliseum to the Emperor Domitian's palace and the secret meetings of the Christians. So well written that the reader really gets a feel of what it would have been like to be a female slave in ancient Rome -- unable to control what happens to your body, your child.

Book is a 4 3/4" by 8" paperback, reprinted from the original paper edition published in 1988.