Mary Mary Quite Contrary

As I sat and read "Mary, Called Magdalane" by Margret George over the past few weeks, I looked at the book with promise to the objective view of Christianity that most people in this day and age do,in hopes that I would pass through it quickly, and without haste. Alas, my hopes were crushed knwoing that one of my personal favorite writers has once again pulled off a decent book, and did it through the eyes of someone who has been a mystery in time.
Mary of Magdala has bee called a Saint, Apostle and Disciple, a whore, and many other titles that prmote and denote the "Apostle of the Apostles." She was considered the first to see Jesus after crucifixtion, was the first woman he saved from demons, and many other mythos that surround the ancient text. SHe supposedly was given the power to heal, and exorcise demons like the others whom followed Jesus the prophet.
The story is fiction of course, but much to the opinion and theory of this woman, George has stuck very well with the basics, and has written a novel that is quite contrary to what I expected. She captured the idealology that holds her up higher than the other women that followed in the path of Jesus of Nazereth.
This novel came out around 2002, and was a good read, but not my favorite of George's works so far. I have only read the "Memoirs of Cleopatra", and found it to be much more intersting than this piece. Nevertheless, Margaret George continues to amaze me with her in-depth look on history more denounced indivduals, and pities them in a manner that seems more motherly than the straight-forward writer's of Historical fiction.
I am now venturing into "THe Autobiography of Henry VIII, and so far, it is good. I believe this was George's first novel that was written to the general public, and is world-renowned to be one of the best fiction texts written on the tyrant king. I love the fact that it is written in the view of the king himself, recounting his life from start to the very end, and look forward to finishing it soon, and to report further on whether you should read it or not.
Afterwards, I plan to read "The Kite Runner" by Khallad Hosseni, and will report further on that work as well.