Helena
Subtitle: a novel.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 1950
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
Subjects: Helena, Saint, ca. 255-ca. 330 -- Fiction; Christian women saints -- Fiction
Description: Helena is the intelligent, horse-mad daughter of a British chieftan who is suddenly betrothed to the warrior who becomes the Roman emperor Constantius. She spends her life seeking truth in the religions, mythologies, and philosophies of the declining ancient world. This she eventually finds in Christianity and literally in the Cross of Christ.