... taken with Bartlett’s work and commend it highly.” CHARLES POORE in The New York Times: “...believable characters who are stirred by intensely per... ...en with Bartlett’s work and commend it highly.” CHARLES POORE in The New York Times: “...believable characters who are stirred by intensely persona... ...ure artist, Bartlett writes with ease and taste.” J. DONALD ADAMS in The New York Times: “...the freshest, most vital writing I have seen for some ... ... artist, Bartlett writes with ease and taste.” J. DONALD ADAMS in The New York Times: “...the freshest, most vital writing I have seen for some time... ...ansform, or build upon this work without such permission). The full legal statement of this license may be found at http://creativecommons.org/lic... ...brary of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2006030830 Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data ... ...w days. A sergeant repaired her sandals. They followed an ancient caravan route, asking for help. They lived with Gabra nomads—borrowing a white cam... ...essful with their lives? These men know ambition and is ambition the safe route? Verily, verily “all is vanity and vexation of spirit,” if we listen... ...any. He and Alleyn were as domesticated as tea. SHAKESPEARE’S JOURNAL 439 “Dear Jug,” he would address his wife. “Dear Mouse,” Alleyn wrote hi...

...In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time into the private worlds of five remarkable people: Sappho of Lesbos, the famous Greek poet; Jesu...

...PREFACE by Steven James Bartlett xiii SAPPHO’S JOURNAL FOREWORD by Willis Barnstone 3 SAPPHO’S JOURNAL 5 CHRIST’S JOURNAL 155 LEONARDO DA VINCI’S JOURNAL 221 SHAKESPEARE’S JOURNAL 343 LINCOLN’S JOURNAL 511 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 621 COLOPHON 625...