Adina, a young Jewish woman from Alexandria staying in Jerusalem, writes home to her father about the preaching of John the Baptist and then about a teacher from Nazareth whose words and deeds divide the city. Through her letters the Gospel events are seen from inside first-century Judea, among priests, Roman officers and ordinary households.
One of the most widely read Christian novels of the nineteenth century, a forerunner of Ben-Hur. Download the free EPUB.