title: Mary Magdalene: Her History and Myths Revealed
author:  Karen Ralls 
description: Dr. Karen Ralls is a noted medieval historian, religious studies scholar, international lecturer and author of <i>The Templars and the Grail</i>,<i> The Knights Templar Encyclopedia</i>, and<i>The Quest for the Celtic Key</i>. She lives in Oxford, England.
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  Mary Magdalene
  
  
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  This historical novelette is a biography of Mary Magdalene, to whom tradition
  has not been kind over the past fifteen hundred years.
  
  
  What is not known for sure is seen through the author’s eyes based on
  references to her in the New Testament Gospels.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Mary is freed by Jesus from her demons, supervises fish mongers and is courted
  by the centurion.
  
  
  Watch her spend all her silver on spikenard to anoint her Savior.
  
  
  Witness her agony at the cross and rejoice with her at Jesus’ tomb. Feel the
  rejection of her good news to the eleven disciples and its acceptance on the
  street. Mary Ma