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Original Essays | October 18, 2009

Victoria Hislop: IMG From Leprosy to Lorca — Strange Inspiration

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My first novel, The Island, was inspired by a chance visit to a tiny island leper colony off the coast of Greece on our summer holiday. It was a... Continue »
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    The Return

    Victoria Hislop

Confessions

by Augustine and Pine Coffi

Confessions Cover

ISBN13: 9780140441147
ISBN10: 014044114x
Condition: Standard
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Publisher Comments:

When Saint Augustine wrote his Confessions he was facing, and responding to, a growing spread of asceticism in the Roman world.

Synopsis:

Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430) was one of the outstanding figures of the declining Roman Empire. From his own account he lived a life of sin until his conversion to Christianity at the age of 32. Twelve years later he gave this personal account of his search for truth.
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ISBN:
9780140441147
Designed:
Pine-Coffin, R. S.
Author:
Saint Augustine
Translator:
Pine-Coffin, R. S.
Introduction:
Pine-Coffin, R. S.
Designed:
Pine-Coffin, R. S.
Author:
Augustine, Of Hippo
Author:
Augustine of Hippo
Author:
Saint Augustine of Hippo
Author:
St Augustine
Author:
Pine-Coffin, R. S.
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Location:
Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Religious
Subject:
Biography
Subject:
Church History
Subject:
Religion - Church History
Subject:
Augustine, saint, bishop of hippo, 354-430
Subject:
Latin literature
Subject:
Algeria
Subject:
Christian saints
Subject:
Hippo (Extinct city) Biography.
Subject:
Christianity -- History.
Subject:
Hippo
Subject:
Christianity - History - General
Subject:
Augustine
Subject:
Christian saints - Algeria -
Copyright:
1961
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references.
Series:
Penguin classics
Series Volume:
90-157L114
Publication Date:
November 1961
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
352
Dimensions:
777x507x86 57
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