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  <title><![CDATA[Mark of the Lion Complete Set (#1-3)]]></title>
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  <default_description>This classic series has inspired over half a million readers. Both loyal fans and new readers will want the 10th anniversary editions of this beloved series. These editions include a new foreword from the publisher, a new preface from Francine Rivers, and discussion questions suitable for personal and group use. &lt;p&gt;&lt;B&gt;#1 A Voice in the Wind:&lt;/B&gt; Torn by her love for a handsome aristocrat, a young slave girl clings to her faith in the living God for deliverance from the forces of decadent Rome. &lt;p&gt;&lt;B&gt;#2 An Echo in the Darkness:&lt;/B&gt; Turning away from the opulence of Rome, Marcus is led by a whispering voice from the past into a journey that could set him free from the darkness of his soul. &lt;p&gt;&lt;B&gt;#3 As Sure As the Dawn:&lt;/B&gt; Atretes. German warrior. Revered gladiator. He won his freedom through his fierceness . . . but his life is about to change forever.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_day type="integer">1</original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer">9</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">1998</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Mark of the Lion Complete Set (#1-3)</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Francine Rivers]]></name>
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  <date_added>Mon Nov 23 10:55:24 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Nov 23 13:17:24 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Absolutely one of the BEST series I've read. This is another author I resisted reading...for y-e-a-r-s because I had preconceived opinions about what she would write because she's a Christian.<br/><br/>I was so very, very wrong.<br/><br/>The story begins in early Rome with a young girl character...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78752981">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Dee]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 15 19:29:50 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 15 19:40:13 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The &quot;Mark of the Lion&quot; series was wonderfully written.  The author, Francine Rivers, has done her homework, and writes about the tyranny of Rome (about 200 AD)in a way that transports you back to that era.  Indeed, to crack the cover of these books and begin reading is very like discoverin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74681418">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="24772394">
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  <date_added>Tue Jun 17 23:00:33 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jun 17 23:02:09 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I cannot say how much I love these books!  I read them every couple of years.  The characters come alive and I think about them often.  Sometimes I will find myself asking &quot;what would Hadassah do in this situation?&quot;  A MUST READ!!]]></body>
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    <review id="48636544">
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    <name><![CDATA[Nacole]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Mar 08 17:19:28 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Mar 08 17:25:03 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh man, this was an emotional literary rollercoaster.  The first two books were amazing and I think Hadassah is probably my most favorite character in a book... ever.  I never thought that I could learn to be a better person through a fictional character.  The first book of the series, &quot;A Voice...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48636544">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="76980593">
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    <name><![CDATA[Sarah]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Dalhart, TX]]></location>        
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Anybody, but especially Christians who are struggling with their faith.]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[My aunt, mother, and grandmother.]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Nov 06 22:22:36 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 06 22:29:47 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>3-5 at least</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the absolute best Christian Fiction series out there. From Hadassah (A Voice in the Wind and An Echo in the Darkness) I learned that it's the easiest thing in the world to speak your faith from the rooftops when you are not or very mildly persecuted, but true courage is holding fast t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76980593">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="34610281">
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    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Sun Oct 05 18:22:37 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 05 18:24:23 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved, loved, loved, them!!!  These are can't put down, aren't going to feed the kids or the dog, not doing laundry kind of books!]]></body>
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    <review id="52648646">
    <user id="1782163">
    <name><![CDATA[Deb]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Netherlands]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Apr 14 10:30:59 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Apr 14 10:30:59 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>1</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I read Redeeming Love last year when my then minister did a series on it.  I enjoyed it, as far as Christian &quot;literature&quot; goes (notice my hesitation).  Anyway, a father of one of the girls at school lent me these three books and said I had to read them.  I couldn't quite pick up Restless y...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52648646">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46680413">
    <user id="1543687">
    <name><![CDATA[Cherie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Austin, TX]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Feb 17 15:56:14 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Feb 17 15:58:56 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I can't believe how quickly I blew through hundreds of pages.  When I finished the first one, I had to drive around looking for Christian bookstores in CA and I had no idea where any were. I just had to finish reading the series.  The first book is so engaging and thought provoking and so unlike any...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46680413">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="37655828">
    <user id="136380">
    <name><![CDATA[Nicole]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Appleton, WI]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Nov 13 15:23:55 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 06 06:32:59 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[These books are a great way to learn about what it was like for early Christians.  They're set around 79 AD - sort of the first to second generation after Jesus was alive.  Jerusalem has just fallen, Christians are being persecuted.  Rome is at the height of decadence.  Gladiator contests in the are...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37655828">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="17916359">
    <user id="987968">
    <name><![CDATA[Jan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Mar 16 22:53:09 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Mar 16 23:11:14 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Don't read volume 1 without having volume 2 close by. These two books are of the remarkable story of Hadassah, a Jewish slave and Marcus, a Roman, in the turbulent times for Christians about 100 AD. I read volume 2 first (&quot;An Echo in the Darkness&quot;) when I picked it off the shelf at the lib...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17916359">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="12289296">
    <user id="773097">
    <name><![CDATA[Morgan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Santa Maria, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[EVERYONE]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Kari Way]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jan 11 17:42:39 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 29 11:39:40 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Now, I was a little apprehensive about these books at first because they were (cough, cough) &quot;Historical Christian Romance&quot; novels. Hmmm. But everyone at church kept going on and on about them. Including Kari Way. Now, Kari isn't the super girlie mushie lovie dovie type, so I concluded tha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12289296">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12289296]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="39124535">
    <user id="60578">
    <name><![CDATA[sal]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Oklahoma City, OK]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Tony]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Dec 02 11:53:28 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 03 11:38:20 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I should probably give this series 3.5 stars.  It landed somewhere between &quot;liked it&quot; and &quot;really liked it.&quot;  They're getting 3 for the sole fact that it took me 11 months to read them all.<br/><br/>The characters are the best part of these books.  Rivers does a great job makin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39124535">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="58541398">
    <user id="2386486">
    <name><![CDATA[Michelle]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Apple Valley, CA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jun 05 09:29:22 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 08 18:38:54 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is based in the Roman Gladiator time period.  It does get a little graphic with the violence and sin from that time.  I really enjoyed reading these books, however, in recommending them to a friend I would warn the story borderlines a PG-13 rating.  Ironically, it is a very Christian based...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58541398">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="31155998">
    <user id="1460874">
    <name><![CDATA[Kris]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Marion, IA]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Mon Aug 25 12:49:02 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 25 13:25:15 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Any book by Francene Rivers is a great work. Her workmanship and story telling is phenomanal. She's a great author. Her Mark of The Lion series is one of the absolute best. It is historical biblical fiction at it's best.  It makes for good read. Introducing the lifestyle and events of the times with...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31155998">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31155998]]></url>
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    <review id="45997014">
    <user id="2019553">
    <name><![CDATA[Lani]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Antioch, CA]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Tue Feb 10 19:56:52 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Feb 14 09:01:56 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>3</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This series is in my top 3 series of all time.  It is a trilogy that reflects God's love and faithfulness.  Trying to get engaged into the time line of the story takes a little time in the beginning, but after I found myself entrenched during the time of the story, it was impossible to put down.  I'...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45997014">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49629356">
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    <name><![CDATA[Anne]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Singapore, 00, Singapore]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Tue Mar 17 21:24:29 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Mar 17 21:28:12 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read these series awhile ago when it just came out in US. I regretted the fact that I didn't pack the series with me as I moved to Asia, I purchased a new set. Ms Rivers is a really descriptive writer and full of passion. In a decent way. Let say that she left something else up to our imaginati...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49629356">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40495623">
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    <name><![CDATA[Michelle]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Fri Dec 19 18:06:11 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Dec 19 18:10:22 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Absolutely amazing series!! Really makes you appreciate the freedom of religion that we are spoiled with now. Set in the years after Jesus' death, the books take us through the confusion and torment of early Christians and all they had to endure to keep the faith alive. I recommend these books to an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40495623">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Francine Rivers is a masterful storyteller. This series was and continues to be a page-turner for me and the countless friends I've given this set as a gift but I stopped liking Rivers' writing after this series. The books that Francine Rivers wrote after THE MARK OF THE LION TRILOGY and REDEEMING L...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65348093">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a wonderful series!  The first two books focus on Hadassah and Marcus with a cast of other well-developed secondary characters.  The third book focuses on one of the secondary characters from the first two-- a Germanic gladiator.  The books do give an indepth look at life in ancient Rome fro...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54653551">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[oh how i loved this series! it's written at the time of christ, and so many lessons sre just woven through out the story that you just learn them naturally. i believe i learned  more in this series than in any other fiction books i've ever read, and that belief was shared by two other readers whose ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48761785">more...</a>]]></body>
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