Books with author Emma Leslie

Glaucia has been separated from her brother Laon and sold as a slave to pay for her fathers debts. When all seems hopeless she hears about a God who cares for slaves. Who is this mysterious man named Paul who preaches about an unknown God? What has become of her brother Laon? Will he be able to find his sister and rescue her from a life of bondage? Read and find out. A tale about the early Christians, their triumphs and struggles. Illustrated.

Guntra the chief of a Tribe of Briton’s has made a terrible deal with the local Druid Council to try to save her son. Jugurtha her son has a longing to rid the land of their Hated Conquerors the Roman’s. When he encounters a Christian Centurion, Marcinius, Jugurtha mocks the idea of a God that shows love and kindness, but there comes a day when he is in need of love and kindness for himself and his beloved little sister. Will he allow Marcinius to help him? And will the gospel of Jesus Christ ever penetrate the brutal religion of the proud Britons?

When Flaminius, takes his wife, Flavia, to the Colosseum to see Christians thrown to the lions, he has no idea the effect it will have. Flavia cannot forget the faith of the martyrs, and decides to convert and become a Christian. Flaminus is horrified and after trying in vain to cause her to give up her faith, requests a transfer to a more remote government post to save the family from disgrace and ruin. As he and his family travel,he sees the various responses of the Christian churches to persecution. His attitude toward the despised Christians begins to change, but will he dare forsake the gods of Rome and embrace the Lord Jesus Christ?

Glaucia has been separated from her brother Laon and sold as a slave to pay for her fathers debts. When all seems hopeless she hears about a God who cares for slaves. Who is this mysterious man named Paul who preaches about an unknown God? What has become of her brother Laon? Will he be able to find his sister and rescue her from a life of bondage? Read and find out. A tale about the early Christians, their triumphs and struggles. Illustrated.

A moral story about vanity, worldly possessions and the pride of life. Esther Ellis was “fond of dress” and this passion was left unchecked. The consequences are played out as she calls her brother a “young monkey” and drives him away from home. Esther went away from home in a fit of anger surrounding Charlie leaving. “The foundation of all this trouble that had come, not only upon Esther but upon her family, had its root in this—to seem what they were not.”—Esther’s Regret.

When Flaminius, takes his wife, Flavia, to the Colosseum to see Christians thrown to the lions, he has no idea the effect it will have. Flavia cannot forget the faith of the martyrs, and decides to convert and become a Christian. Flaminus is horrified and after trying in vain to cause her to give up her faith, requests a transfer to a more remote government post to save the family from disgrace and ruin. As he and his family travel,he sees the various responses of the Christian churches to persecution. His attitude toward the despised Christians begins to change, but will he dare forsake the gods of Rome and embrace the Lord Jesus Christ?

The Druid priests are as cold and cruel as the forest spirits they claim to represent, and Guntra, the chief of her tribe of Britons, must make a desperate deal with them to protect those she loves. Unaware of Guntra's struggles, Jugurtha, her son, longs to lead his tribe against the hated Roman conquerors and drive them from the land. When Jugurtha encounters the Christian centurion, Marcinius, he scorns the idea of a God of love and kindness, certain that he has no use for such a God. There comes a day, however, when he is in dire need of help for himself and his beloved little sister, Norma, and it is Marcinius who comes to his aid. Through the kindness and humility shown by Marcinius, Norma, Jugurtha and even Guntra begin to be drawn to this God of love.

"Mother, we're afloat agin." It was a gruff, sleepy voice that spoke, and the old fisherman turned over and snored on, as though the fact of their home being afloat was of no consequence to him. His wife, however, was by no means so easy in her mind, for it was only during the equinoctial gales and an unusually high tide that their home was lifted from its moorings; and now it had been swinging and swaying for hours, and the rusty chains that held it fast to some posts were creaking and straining as though the next gust of windwould certainly carry them out to sea or drive them up the river, where they would inevitably be swamped in a very short time, for their boat-home was leaky at the bottom—had been a water-logged boat before the fisherman took possession of it and turned it into a quaint-looking cottage by running up some wooden walls along the sides, and roofing it in with planks and tarpaulin. Thus converted into a dwelling-house, the boat had been secured, by four chains fixed to posts in the ground, on the top of a mud-bank that formed the boundary of the mouth of the river. The ocean itself was less than a quarter of a mile from where the old boat was moored, and so the poor woman might well be excused for growing more alarmed as the minutes went on and the gale increased, until the boat fairly rocked, and the children in the adjoining cabin began crying and screaming in their fright.