Perpetua: A Bride, A Martyr, A Passion -- Amy Rachel Peterson, Paperback Jett Klyne " --People (Book of the

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Perpetua: A Bride, A Martyr, A Passion -- Amy Rachel Peterson, Paperback Jett Klyne " --People (Book of thePerpetua is an historical novel based on the real life and death of a young Roman noblewoman. Perpetua was martyred in the amphitheater of Carthage in 203 AD, but kept a diary of her arrest and time in prison. While many martyrs were poor or illiterate, Perpetua was neither. A new mother, a noblewoman, wealthy, highly educated she had much to lose, and she chose to give it all away for the privilege of dying for Jesus. The novel expands her diary to