Fabiola

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This wonderful historical-fiction was published in 1854 by the Englishman, Cardinal Wiseman, an as an answer to a viciously anti-Catholic book at that time. Fabiola’s storyline is set in Rome under the emperor Diocletian, and is an edifying story of conversion of Fabiola, a Roman pagan woman. She is inspired to convert by many beautiful examples of virtue and goodness in the Catholics around her, including that of her own servant, as well as of her cousin Agnes and the noble solider Sebastian. All of these, of course, are historical martyrs, which Cardinal Wiseman skillfully blends together into a gripping story line. A classic and “must-read” book for high school!