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    <body><![CDATA[A guilty pleasure. A book that at times felt like a historical romance was at times more than that, but even when that's what it was, it was unfailingly interesting. It follows the woman who became Pontius Pilate's wife from Gaul to Germania, where her father is the brother &amp; aide to a popular, succ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66030939">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was hoping to really like Claudia (Pilate's wife) and her telling of this story. I enjoyed the fresh perspective on biblical events and the story of the roman empire from a woman's perspective which you don't often get. But I felt that Claudia was at best immature and self absorbed. She made it ve...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54373351">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[really good historical book even if you have no interest in history or religion this book is just an amazing tale of a girl who grows into a women while struggling with loss and her faith. if you have no idea who pilate is he was the governor of Jerusalem when jesus was crucified he was also the jud...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44585001">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p>From Antoinette May, a New York Times bestselling author and striking new voice in literature, comes PILATE'S WIFE, the amazing story of Claudia, the seer who foresaw the persecution of Christians at the hand of the Romans and tried to stop the crucifixion of Jesus. </p><p> In the hours before Jesus' trial, Claudia, wife to Pontius Pilate, Roman magistrate of Jerusalem, has a vision in her sleep. She sees a man she has met before, Jesus, the husband of her friend Mary of Magdala, nailed to a crucifix, writhing in pain and offered only vinegar to quench his thirst. She sees men marching off to war, crosses emblazoned on their chests as they pillage foreign lands. She sees men and women fed to lions and burned alive. And she hears the name of her husband passed down through history... &quot;suffered under Pontius Pilate.&quot;</p><p> Pulling from extensive research, Antoinette May recreates the known world of two&ndash;thousand years ago and puts an imaginative new twist on &quot;the greatest story ever told.&quot; PILATE'S WIFE follows the life of Claudia as she travels to the battlefield of Gaul, the coliseum in Rome, the temples of Isis in Alexandria, and the holy temple in Jerusalem. The novel tells the story of Claudia's life as a mystic, describing the visions she saw leading up to her great vision of the crucifixion, but also her life as a woman, one torn between her duties as the wife of a Roman magistrate and her desires for the true love she has found with a gladiator.</p><p> Weaving together a vivid portrait of the Roman Empire at the beginning of the first millennium, the infighting and passions of the Roman royalty and upper&ndash;class, and an awe&ndash;inspiring recreation of the last days of Jesus, PILATE'S WIFE will offer a shocking new look at a story we thought we once new. </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was okay - historically innacurate (which frustrates me!), but still interesting. It gets a little cliche towards the end when she goes to Jerusalem and sees Jesus. The bulk of the story is about Rome, though, which is better - although she knows all the important people you hear about in history...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55299148">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p>From Antoinette May, a New York Times bestselling author and striking new voice in literature, comes PILATE'S WIFE, the amazing story of Claudia, the seer who foresaw the persecution of Christians at the hand of the Romans and tried to stop the crucifixion of Jesus. </p><p> In the hours before Jesus' trial, Claudia, wife to Pontius Pilate, Roman magistrate of Jerusalem, has a vision in her sleep. She sees a man she has met before, Jesus, the husband of her friend Mary of Magdala, nailed to a crucifix, writhing in pain and offered only vinegar to quench his thirst. She sees men marching off to war, crosses emblazoned on their chests as they pillage foreign lands. She sees men and women fed to lions and burned alive. And she hears the name of her husband passed down through history... &quot;suffered under Pontius Pilate.&quot;</p><p> Pulling from extensive research, Antoinette May recreates the known world of two&ndash;thousand years ago and puts an imaginative new twist on &quot;the greatest story ever told.&quot; PILATE'S WIFE follows the life of Claudia as she travels to the battlefield of Gaul, the coliseum in Rome, the temples of Isis in Alexandria, and the holy temple in Jerusalem. The novel tells the story of Claudia's life as a mystic, describing the visions she saw leading up to her great vision of the crucifixion, but also her life as a woman, one torn between her duties as the wife of a Roman magistrate and her desires for the true love she has found with a gladiator.</p><p> Weaving together a vivid portrait of the Roman Empire at the beginning of the first millennium, the infighting and passions of the Roman royalty and upper&ndash;class, and an awe&ndash;inspiring recreation of the last days of Jesus, PILATE'S WIFE will offer a shocking new look at a story we thought we once new. </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I would probably give this one something inbetween 3 and 4 stars. It was a very engrossing, quick read. I really enjoyed learning more about what it was like to be a woman in the time of Jesus. Claudia was an interesting, passionate character. <br/><br/>There is a decent amount of sex here, for th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42771409">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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