The black Madonna
By: Peter Millar
Publisher: Arcadia; Arcadia Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9781906413682
Subjects: Religious articles; Christian shrines; Women archaeologists; Historians; Fiction
Description: In ruins on the outskirts of Gaza a plucky young female archaeologist has made a remarkable find. She has found possibly the earliest known image of the Virgin Mary, created during her lifetime. But before she can reveal it to the world it is stolen from her in a brutal personal assault, amidst the chaos of an Israeli air strike.