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Magdalen Rising: The Beginning

by Elizabeth Cunningham · 2000

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Young Magdalen and Jesus, brimming with youthful charm and arrogance, find each other and fall in love, forging a bond that is stronger than death. Their pleasure is overshadowed by a brilliant but unbalanced druid who knows a perilous secret about Maeve's past. The prequel to The Passion of Mary Magdalen.

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religionreligionMore like thisLess of thisBibleBibleMore like thisLess of thisChristianChristianMore like thisLess of thisfeminismfeminismMore like thisLess of thisspiritualityspiritualityMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 384 pages

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