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Sacramento, The United States

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Historical Fiction, Travel, Memoir

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Mark Tedesco writes historical fiction set in the ancient world — I Am John, I Am Paul and The Dog on the Acropolis among them — combining meticulous research with vivid storytelling to uncover the human struggles at its heart. His most recent novel, Magi, is the culmination of years of study into first-century Parthian, Jewish, and Roman cultures.

He also writes about the place that reshaped him: Italy. She Seduced Me: A Love Affair with Rome and Stories from Puglia draw on years of living in Rome and, now, a stone house in Santa Fiora, Tuscany, where he splits his time with California.

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	She Seduced Me: A Love Affair with Rome 3.82 avg rating — 122 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	That Undeniable Longing: My Road to and from the Priesthood 4.16 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I am John, I am Paul: A Story of Two Soldiers in Ancient Rome 3.73 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dog on the Acropolis 3.93 avg rating — 15 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lessons and Beliefs: Learning to Love 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stories From Puglia: Two Californians in Southern Italy 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Onward: A Life on a Sailboat it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Loving, Hoping, Believing: Poetry to live by it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist ― A Memoir about the Worker Movement and Spiritual Conversion

by Dorothy Day

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Mark Tedesco rated a book it was amazing Work in Progress: Confessions of a Busboy, Dishwasher, Caddy, Usher, Factory Worker, Bank Teller, Corporate Tool, and Priest by James Martin (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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