Return to Elysium, Joan Grant
Return to Elysium, Joan Grant
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Return to Elysium
A Far Memory Book

Author: Joan Grant

Narrator: Mil Nicholson

Unabridged: 13 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/22/2019

Synopsis

Lucina of Greece was orphaned at a young age and brought up by foster parents. Now aged 13 she is sent to be educated by her philosopher guardian in the place he calls Elysium. There she finds herself the only female in a masculine world: while she proves herself an intellectual equal she cannot accept the rigidity of the scientific scepticism that disallows her intuition, psychic talents and capacity for love.Lucina flees to Rome to become a priestess and the founder of a mystic cult in that yet young and primitive city. She finds love in the arms of a Roman senator, but her philosophical upbringing comes back to haunt her and sets her on a path to return, in a way, to Elysium …

About Mil Nicholson

Mil Nicholson performs audiobooks at her studio in the quiet Appalachian Mountains. She has narrated a series of fantasy novels by Dave Duncan, a western romance series by Janet Dailey for Audible, and Guilty Thing: A Life of Thomas De Quincey for Blackstone Audio, among many others, and has recently finished recording her ninth novel by Charles Dickens for Librivox. She also voices the works of the philosophers of the seventeenth century at www.EarlyModernTexts.com. Her vocal range includes both male and female of all ages, specializing in the accents of the British Isles. Mil has been acclaimed in particular for her rendering of the many voices in Dickens, and for breathing life into his sometimes long monologues. Websites: www.MilNicholson.com and www.Act2Sc3.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kate

This is a book that is a part of Joan Grant's Far Memory series. Getting through part one (the book is in three parts) was difficult because it was hard to see where things were going. Sometimes the dialogue too was a bit blunt and I had to wonder what had just happened. However part two was quite i......more

Goodreads review by Rose

In my opinion, this spiritual memoir includes the most independent spiritual leadership found in any of Joan Grant's books. And that's saying something! At the start of this story, Lucina is a Greek girl, growing up in a utopian enclave. Along with two friends, for good reason, she sails to Rome, bec......more

Goodreads review by Sarah

This was a fun book and obviously written by an educated person but it was pretty predictable. I enjoyed it nonetheless. Great of toh are looking for a carefree read that will transport you to this particular time and place.......more

Goodreads review by Margareth8537

Read a 1940s edition of this. Beautifully crafted book, which appears to be autobiographical fiction. One of her Past life books.......more

Goodreads review by Mark

Excellent read. Wonderful!......more

Quotes

“It is a constantly interesting and impressive book.” Times Literary Supplement

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