Paul the Apostle

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Paul the Apostle was an early Christian missionary and writer whose letters form a major part of the New Testament. After a conversion experience he travelled through the eastern Mediterranean, founded and advised communities, argued for the inclusion of Gentiles and was traditionally believed to have died in Rome under Nero.

M.C. Scott’s Rome: The Emperor’s Spy is set in AD 64, Emperor Nero possesses an old prophecy that appears to predict the destruction of Rome by fire. Henryk Sienkiewicz’s Quo Vadis places Paul the Apostle within a narrative shaped by religion, belief and institutional authority, social change and the pressures of ordinary life, and political ambition and government. Other novels featuring Paul the Apostle include M.C. Scott’s Rome: The Coming of the King and Jeanne Blanchet’s Man at the Cross Road.

Historical context

Historical periods linked to Paul the Apostle

Apostolic Age and Early Christianity c. 30–100 CE

Series

Series featuring Paul the Apostle (1 series)

Rome in Order

by M.C. Scott 4 books 4.3

M. C. Scott’s Rome series follows Sebastos Pantera, an imperial intelligence agent whose missions take him from Nero’s Rome to the eastern provinces and back into the capital during civil war. Set in the same fictional world as the Boudica novels, the sequence combines espionage with the political…

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