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...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, th...

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... THE PAST: In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de fo... ...irety within a single unique volume of 644 pages beautifully illustrated by the author-artist. Bartlett’s writing has been praised by many leadin... ...ES POORE in The New York Times: “...believable characters who are stirred by intensely personal concerns.” GRACE FLANDRAU, author and historian: “..... ...to acquire the bound illustrated volume can do this through any bookstore by giving the store the published book’s ISBN, which is ISBN 978-0-6151... ...AL LINCOLN’S JOURNAL BOOKS BY PAUL ALEXANDER BARTLETT NOVELS VOICES FROM THE PAST: Sappho’s Journal ` Christ’s Journal ` Leon... .... -- 1st ed. p. cm. Summary: "A collection of five historical novels written in the form of journals by the Greek poet Sappho of Lesb... ... CHRIST’S JOURNAL 157 Peter’s Home Elul 10 he sun is setting. The evening is very warm. Across... ...here at this table, the night air blowing in; a star is caught in a tree. Peter is talking to a friend; Peter’s voice has always pleased me, so deep.... ...lt such joy, such joy, all day. I couldn’t eat when I sat at the table at Peter’s; his mother scolded me. To please her I nibbled a little fruit. I ...

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