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Burning of Rome (audiobook)
Free audiobook of Burning of Rome by Alfred John Church: 7 h 19 min in 27 sections, read by LibriVox volunteers.
About this recording
The Rev. Alfred J. Church, who has made a good reputation by his stories of life in the Biblical and classic world, adds to his laurels by a fresh volume entitled 'The Burning of Rome.'. It is a story of the days of Nero, and shows how the Christians and pagans lived and thought, and how the new religion gradually displaced the old in the minds and hearts of converts. The basis of the narrative is the historical writing of Tacitus, and Mr. Church's ambition seems to lie in close adherence to the probabilities. He has studied minutely the letters of Paul the Apostle, and seeks wherever practicable to link together the names of persons in the Epistles to places and incidents in Roman history.
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- From the LibriVox catalogue. Word count estimated at 9,300 words per hour of narration.