Fiction & Literature
The Divining
Barbara Wood
Synopsis
In Rome in AD 54, nineteen-year-old Ulrika possesses a healing gift and visions she cannot easily explain. Her search for her father’s origins draws her beyond the imperial city into unfamiliar lands. Love, inherited identity and spiritual discovery shape a journey through the ancient world.
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