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The Gospel According to Mary XVII

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Author's Note: Here we enter the phase of the novel about an injustice that involves retribution. It is the classic theme of good and evil. And who better to represent evil than Saddam Hussein?

So Far: Christ may not have died on the cross. PI D...

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The Gospel According to Mary XVI

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So Far: Jesus may not be killed. A young nun if found dead in France. PI DuBois investigates. A Kurdish jihad is afoot. A Crusader Journal is found. DuBois' wife is killed in a kidnap attempt. Rome assigns a Devil's Advocate to aid in uncovering t...

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The Gospel According to Mary XV

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Author's Note: Here are links to the beautiful Vie en Rose sung by Piaf in the original and the incomparable Celine Dion, who's sister, Gabrielle, sings the song in the last chapter.

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The Gospel According to Mary XIV

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Chapter 24 - Rome
Paul of Tarsus
Rome
62 AD

Paul was brought up before the Magistrate in Ephesus on charges of being drunk and disorderly. These charges would have landed Paul in jail a couple of weeks and probably some community service. Cleani...

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The Gospel According to Mary XIII

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Author's Note: As I was touring modern day Turkey, my guide was a well educated Jewish woman with a graduate degree in comparative religions. She and I spent considerable time discussing Paulism, the concept that Paul of Tarsus formed the framewor...

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The Gospel According to Mary XII

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Authors Note: This chapter will bring the novel to it's mid-point and introduce the most important character, Paul of Tarsus. Was he the creator of the Christian Church as we know it today?

So Far: Jesus may be spared his life. A nun is killed in...

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The Gospel According to Mary XI

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Authors Note: As a writer of fiction you hold the power of life and death over all your characters. Exercising such power is sometimes difficult as one kills off a characrter that has been the heroine of your prior novel.

So far: Jesus may be sp...

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The Gospel According to Mary X

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So Far: Jesus may be saved per Caesar's request. PI DuBois is in France to investigate the death of a young nun. Sufi Muslims plot a jihad. Rome assigns a Devils Advocate to the investigation. Henri LeDuc's journal of the Crusades points to a Gosp...

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The Gospel According to Mary IX

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Authors Note: The secrets brought back from the Holy Land by the Crusaders are legendary. We still seek the location of the Holy Grail that may have been hidden in Europe by the Knights Templar. The Pope ordered the eradication of the order due to...

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Un Hee Ji, not your normal female golfer

posted over 2 years ago, updated 4 minutes later | 3 comments
OK, this 20 year old South Korean won the US Woman Open Golf Championship yesterday. She did it fair and square by beating all the other women. But is she destroying rather than helping the sport for the other members of the tour?

Last year, the ...

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