{"product_id":"saint-perpetua-gideon-black-9798196988004","title":"Saint Perpetua: A Mother, a Martyr, a Rebel","description":"\u003cp\u003eSAINT PERPETUA: A Mother, a Martyr, a Rebel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe had everything to lose. A newborn son. A father who loved her. A future. Rome offered her life for two words: Caesar is Lord. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe chose death. And a pen. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a Carthage prison cell in 203 AD, a 22-year-old noblewoman named Perpetua wrote the only surviving diary by a woman from the ancient world. She recorded her dreams, her defiance, her motherhood, and her march to the arena-where she faced a mad heifer in a torn white tunic and guided the executioner's sword to her own throat. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRome wanted a spectacle. They got a resurrection. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not hagiography. This is war. A mother against an empire. A pen against the sword. A voice that Rome burned, buried, and banned-yet still echoes in every woman who has ever been told to kneel, be quiet, and recant. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe was a mother. She was a martyr. She was a rebel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd she is not dead. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of Circe, The Book of Longings, and Catherine Called Birdy-but this one is real. And she wrote it herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gideon Black\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798196988004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d","brand":"Gideon Black","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997677007103,"sku":"9798196988004","price":11.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/saint-perpetua-gideon-black-9798196988004","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}