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The ancient world and its politics come to life through the eyes of a young Jewish woman, Mary of Nazareth
Miriam–also known as Mary–was born into a Palestine oppressed by Herod the Great; she is accustomed to living with uncertainty and unrest. But when her beloved father is wrongly imprisoned by the Romans, she takes action. She calls upon a well-known rebel by the name of Barabbas, and together they set out to save her father. A...

This is the final book in the Lineage of grace series, the story of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Rivers fleshes out the biblical accounts with more emotional and everyday incidents, including some which were never recorded in the Bible but which could have happened. She emphasizes the maternal feelings which Mary had for Jesus and her sadness at "losing" him to his ministry.

At her granddaughter's request, Mary recalls the events surrounding the birth of Jesus and the lessons various momentos hold for her.

In the stillness of a Bethlehem stable, after the sheperds and animals leave, Mary sings a lullaby to her newborn son, enjoying the wonder and awe of his birth and pondering what his life will bring.

A journalist travels to a small New England town to investigate a young girl's miracles after she is supposedly visited by the Virgin Mary, but terrifying events begin to unfold. On the holiest weekend of the year comes a film that follows Alice, a young hearing-impaired girl who, after a supposed visitation from the Virgin Mary, is inexplicably able to hear, speak and heal the sick. As word spreads, people from near, and far flock to witness her...

There is one person in scripture that had the experience of living thirty years with Jesus, from birth through His resurrection: Mary, His mother. After a full life lived with the Son of God, fleeing into Egypt, losing him in the temple, and seeing him placed upon the cross, Mary is living her final earthly days pondering her life with Jesus. Set ten years after the Resurrection, Mary eagerly awaits the return of the apostle Peter.