The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World by Catherine Nixey

The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World

Catherine Nixey

363 pages first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history philosophy religion adventurous slow-paced

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A New York Times Notable Book A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Named a Book of the Year by the Telegraph, the Spectator, the Observer, and BBC History Magazine In Harran, the locals refused to convert. They were dismembered, their lim...

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