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Donna Gillespie

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http://www.goodreads.com/Donna_Gillespie

born

July 21, 1948 in Gainesville, Florida, The United States

gender

female

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http://www.donnagillespie.com/

genre

Historical Fiction

influences

Mary Renault, Robert Graves

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April 2012

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Donna Gillespie is the author of two historical novels set in first century Rome, The Light Bearer (Berkley/Putnam, 1994) and Lady of the Light (Berkley/Putnam, 2006). The Light Bearer has been translated into German, Dutch, Russian and Italian. An international bestseller, it was optioned by Hallmark Entertainment for a miniseries. Her second novel, Lady of the Light, is the sequel to The Light Bearer, and is also available in German and Italian. Her love of historical novels began at age thirteen when she discovered Mary Renault's novel of ancient Greece, The King Must Die. She credits the novels of Robert Graves -- I Claudius and Claudius the God -- with her enduring interest in the culture and mores of ancient Rome. She has lived in San...more

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New Light Bearer cover

This is my favorite Light Bearer cover -- it's on the new Italian edition. How I wish this had been on the original US edition (a cover I was never fond of, to put it mildly!) To me, it's quietly mesmerizing. I love the way the sword bisects the frame. You can see it here:

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Published on May 29, 2012 12:28 • Tags: italian-edition, the-light-bearer

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Books by Donna Gillespie

Average rating: 4.09 · 694 ratings · 79 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Light Bearer 4.18 avg rating — 381 ratings — published 1994 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Lady of the Light 3.68 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1994 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Auriane: dochter van het licht 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1994	My rating:
	Dalla Germania alla Roma Imperiale. La Luce del Nord 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	The Eagle and the Raven by Pauline Gedge, Donna Gillespie (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.14 avg rating — 289 ratings — published 1978 — 12 editions	My rating:

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