Through many of his works ran a strong liberal streak, the legacy of fasts leftleaning political convictions. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. Agrippas daughter king county library system overdrive. They are the last dynastic line of isreal and the grandson and great granddaughter of herod the great. An epic novel of berenice, queen of israellife, love, and war in the shadow of the roman empirefrom the new york times. Bestselling author howard fast s riveting portrait of israel s strong and beautiful queen berenice, whose life story is one of the ancient world s greatest romances throughout her rule in the first century ad, queen berenice is idolized by some, and hated by others. One of the initial and most successful novel series written by author howard fast in entitled lavette family series, which consists of 6 novels in. Howard fast an account of queen berenice of israel and her struggle against roman overlords to preserve jewish sovereignty in palestine, first century a. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Berenice appears in the roman mysteries book series. Born in 28 ce, berenice was the daughter of the king of israel, agrippa i, the grandson of herod the great. Agrippas daughter pocket book by fast, howard and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Prolific author howard fast wrote more than 80 books, many of them bestsellers, over the course of a career that spanned nearly 70 years.
Lee agrippas daughter a novel por howard fast disponible en rakuten kobo. It is book 1 of the immigrant series by howard fast, a wonderful saga of a family in san francisco, spanning a time period starting in the early 1900s to about the 1980s. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Buy agrippas daughter pocket book by howard fast isbn. Prince of egypt, citizen tom paine and masuto investigates. A hasmonean princess, berenice was strikingly beautiful, with the flaming red hair of the. This is a time of squashed revolution among the jewish people. Jun 28, 2016 agrippa s daughter is an emotional, deep, compassionate and compelling historical novel. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Agrippas daughter is an emotional, deep, compassionate and compelling historical novel. It tells the story of queen berenice bat agrippa of israel. An epic novel of berenice, queen of israellife, love, and war in the shadow of the roman empirefrom the new york. Agrippas daughter ebook by howard fast rakuten kobo.
Bestselling author howard fasts riveting portrait of israels strong and beautiful queen berenice, whose life story is one of the ancient worlds greatest romances throughout her rule in the first century ad, queen berenice is idolized by some, and hated by others. Howard was sent to prison after he failed to provide u. The book agrippa s daughter, by howard fast, is about berenice. Agrippa s daughter pocket book by fast, howard and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. That way, you can picture the actor who played claudius lifelong friend, the jewish prince herod agrippa, and so you can at least place the heroine of this novel, berenice, into a family, as herod agrippa s. Agrippas daughter by howard fast in order to begin to understand this story, it helps to have seen the television drama i, claudius. In this major novel of the ancient world, howard fast paints both the splendor and the ugliness of the people and the cultures of rome and jerusalem as he traces. Read agrippas daughter a novel by howard fast available from rakuten kobo. Mar 31, 2017 howard fast november 11, 1914 march 12, 2003 howard melvin fast was an american novelist and television writer. See all books authored by howard fast, including the immigrants, and second generation, and more on. She married and had children, perfectly content in her.
Queen berenice bat agrippa of israel was born in 28 bc. Howard fast was one of the most prolific american writers of the twentieth century. Agrippas daughter by howard fast historical fiction online. She shows up in the enemies of jupiter, is mentioned in the assassins of rome and plays a fairly prominent role in lion feuchtwangers historical novel, josephus the jewish war. Agrippas daughter by fast, howard, 1914publication date 1964 topics berenice, b. I wish that howard fast had provided a bibliography with his book.
Agrippas daughter by howard fast abebooks passion for books. I read somewhere recently that if one wanted good books to read, just read something by howard fast. This audiobook by howard fast, the renowned author of spartacus and communist sympathizer who was jailed for standing up to the house unamerican activities committee is historically based in the rome of 100 years after spartacus. Howard fast 19142003 was an american author of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and screenplays. Bestselling author howard fasts riveting portrait of israels strong and beautiful queen berenice, whose life story. Agrippas daughter is the blazing story of jewish queen who is the greatest romantic of ancient time. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them.
Bestselling author howard fasts riveting portrait of israels strong and beautiful queen berenice, whose life story is one of the ancient worlds greatest romances. Agrippas daughter by howard fast overdrive rakuten. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. I used to have it written on the front of several school binders back in the late 70 s because it was just musical to my ears and i simply loved it. Howard fast books list of books by author howard fast. She shows up in the enemies of jupiter, is mentioned in the assassins of rome and plays a fairly prominent role in lion feuchtwanger s historical novel, josephus the jewish war. Howard melvin fast was an american novelist and television writer. Agrippa s daughter by fast, howard, 1914publication date. Oct 07, 2008 agrippa s daughter by howard fast in order to begin to understand this story, it helps to have seen the television drama i, claudius. Howard fast november 11, 1914 march 12, 2003 howard melvin fast was an american novelist and television writer. Throughout her rule in the first century ad, queen berenice is idolized by some, and hated by others. Bestselling author howard fast s riveting portrait of israel s strong and beautiful queen berenice, whose life story is one of the ancient world s greatest romances.
Howard melvin fast november 11, 1914 march 12, 2003 was an american novelist and television writer. He was a bestselling author of more than eighty works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and screenplays. The son of immigrants, fast grew up in new york city and pub. Author howard fasts complete list of books and series in order, with the latest releases, covers.
Bestselling author howard fasts riveting portrait of israels s. I would like to know, for example, the historical source of the relationship. His son jonathan fast, daughterinlaw erica jong, granddaughter molly jongfast, and brother julius fast, were all novelists. Agrippas daughter ebook por howard fast 9781453235096. Agrippas daughter, a followup by the novelist howard fast to his bestseller spartacus, portrays berenice as a feisty beauty with whom a brooding titus fell in love at first sight. He grew up the son of immigrants in new york city, and published his first novel after high school. The book agrippas daughter, by howard fast, is about berenice. Fasts novel retells the story of the destruction of the temple in 70 ad through the pov of berenice, daughter of agrippa.
That way, you can picture the actor who played claudius lifelong friend, the jewish prince herod agrippa, and so you can at least place the heroine of this novel, berenice, into a family, as herod agrippas. Agrippa is the story of the nation of israel in the years before the destruction of the second. Mar 31, 2017 author of freedom road, citizen tom paine, spartacus, april morning, second generation, the last frontier, the hessian, agrippas daughter howard fast open library donate. Historic facts about her are in contrast to howard fasts portrayal. An epic novel of berenice, queen of israellife, love, and war in the shadow of the roman empirefrom the new york times bestselling author of spartacus. Does anyone know if there is a historical source for that conjecture. There is much history and the author has done a lot of research of the immigrants the politics of the country during those times as well as the history of san francisco and. Author howard fast died in the city of old greenwich, connecticut. An epic novel of berenice, queen of israellife, love, and war in the shadow. Agrippa s daughter is an emotional, deep, compassionate and compelling historical novel. The general zapped an angel 1971 and other, read online free in epub,txt at.
It follows berenice the daughter of herod agrippa, a jewish client queen of the roman province of. In the book she becomes a figure of virtue and a feeder and caretaker of the poor. Spartacus 2000 read online free book by howard fast in epub. Howard melvin fast november 11, 1914 march 12, 2003 was an american novelist and. Fast je po svom opredijeljenju bio komunist, a roman je napisao u zatvoru. Najpoznatiji je kao autor historijskog romana spartacus koji je ekraniziran u obliku znamenitog holivudskog spektakla iz 1960. Agrippa s daughter bereniece is the central character in this historical fiction.
A biblical saga by howard fast 7 editions first published in 1964. A couple of weeks later, redemption by fast turned up in my little free library so i pulled it out and read it. Div an epic novel of berenice, queen of israellife, love, and war in the shadow of the roman empirefrom the new york times bestselling author of spartacus. Born howard melvin fast, november 11, 1914, in new york, ny. A search query can be a title of the book, a name of the. She was the daughter of the king of israel, agrippa i, the grandson of herod the great. Agrippas daughter bereniece is the central character in this historical fiction. Hello all, it is taken from a scene in agrippas daughter by howard fast. Historic facts about her are in contrast to howard fast s portrayal. In howard fast s novel agrippa s daughter, he presents her as having red hair. The novel freedom road is based on a true story and was made into a miniseries of the same name. Congress with a list of potential communist associates. Throughout her rule in the first century ad, queen berenice is idolized by some, and hat.
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