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  <title><![CDATA[The Flames of Rome: A Novel]]></title>
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  <default_description>The splendor and pagan excesses of Roman society are confronted by the life-changing faith of Christianity in this historically accurate fiction work. Guaranteed fiction!</default_description>
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  <original_publication_day type="integer">12</original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer">7</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">1991</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Paul L. Maier]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon May 04 15:16:30 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 23 11:23:30 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book occupies the somewhat specialized genre of religious historical fiction.  It takes place in ancient Rome, during the reign of Nero, and follows his persecution of the early Christian church and the events leading up to it.<br/><br/>I can't comment on the historical accuracy of this book,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54941878">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jan 07 14:23:39 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 07 14:26:05 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is written about the Roman Empire just after Jesus' crucifixion.  It is considered &quot;historical fiction&quot; because the author has used as much factual names and info as possible.  Having said that, I have been moving very slowly through this novel.  It's not necessarily that it's bad, it...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42257682">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="76424776">
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Nov 01 19:57:55 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Nov 01 19:59:44 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Maier's works. I have read most of his books and his so called 'historical fiction' seems to me to be most accurate or as close to non-fiction on this subject that an author could get.]]></body>
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    <review id="65404243">
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  <read_at>Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Jul 29 09:09:14 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good historical fiction/context to Nero]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65404243]]></url>
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    <review id="21153743">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[adult history buffs]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Sonlight curriculum]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Apr 28 04:45:44 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed May 14 08:32:49 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A good historical look at Rome during the reign of Nero.  It really made me think about how easy it is to be a Christian in our society; how little it costs us!  Although it was not terribly graphic, Maier included more of the details of the sensuality of Roman society than I cared to read.  I don't...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21153743">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="15561170">
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Feb 16 08:55:24 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Feb 16 08:58:10 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[My favorite history professor ever gave us this book to read. <br/>The cover is embarrassing and looks like a trashy romance novel, but the book was very informative in a fascinating way!<br/>Great read!]]></body>
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    <review id="22727272">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[EVERYONE]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[my Dad!]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed May 21 20:27:25 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed May 21 20:28:26 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[EVERY Christian must...read....this....book! If only because it's TRUE! And I've never cried so much at a book - even more than I cry at C.S. Lewis books. You will not be able to put it down.]]></body>
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    <review id="5097233">
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    <name><![CDATA[Kelly]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Tucson, AZ]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a really neat interpretation of the events during Nero's reign. Some of it doesn't seem all that believable, but, again, it's an interpretation and enjoyable to read.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5097233]]></url>
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    <review id="30593294">
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  <date_added>Tue Aug 19 17:06:43 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Aug 19 17:06:43 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Life-changing. The best writing you will find in modern &quot;fiction.&quot; This book's historical accuracy and scope puts most to shame.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30593294]]></url>
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    <review id="21010179">
    <user id="245976">
    <name><![CDATA[Michael]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Utica, OH]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Apr 25 20:22:41 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think I'm going through a phase.  This was good but Nero was a creepy man.  Check it out and see what I mean.  Has it all!]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21010179]]></url>
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    <review id="15833265">
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A good book for the Christian (or non) to understand the Roman side of the early Christian church.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15833265]]></url>
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    <review id="3763420">
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The author was my professor at WMU.  His lectures brought ancient Rome alive, as does this book.]]></body>
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    <review id="18079127">
    <user id="1003770">
    <name><![CDATA[Anne]]></name>
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  <date_added>Wed Mar 19 00:29:54 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well done historical fiction about Rome in the time of Nero.  Excellent.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18079127]]></url>
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    <review id="32894424">
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Oct 04 11:12:39 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I hated this book. IT SUCKED!!!!!!!!!! Need I say more?]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[F Mai]]></body>
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    <review id="74111070">
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