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The City of Fire Kindle Edition

by Grace Livingston Hill (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 644 ratings
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"The City of Fire" is a story of a 14 year old boy, Billy. The storyline follows Billy's childhood, and many adventures he had growing up.

Grace Livingston Hill was an early 20th-century novelist and wrote both under her real name and the pseudonym Marcia Macdonald. She wrote over 100 novels and numerous short stories and her characters are most often young female Christian women or those who become so within the confines of the story. Hill's messages are simple in nature: good versus evil. As Hill believed that the Bible was very clear about what was good and evil in life and had firm faith God's ability to restore everything, the same belief was also reflected in her own works. Even today Hill's novels are widely read and appreciated for their romance and their inspiring life lessons.
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    September 2, 2019
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    2939 KB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07XBN15LM
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ e-artnow (September 2, 2019)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 2, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2939 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 223 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B0BCRXJPT1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 644 ratings

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Grace Livingston Hill

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Grace Livingston Hill (April 16, 1865 – 1947) was an early 20th-century novelist and wrote both under her real name and the pseudonym Marcia Macdonald. She wrote over 100 novels and numerous short stories. Her characters were most often young female Christian women or those who become so within the confines of the story.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Read & Enjoy!
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2019
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This is a clean Christian story. I love Grace Livingston Hill’s style of writing and her books nearly always point others to Christ. You can know that you won’t have to worry about language or immoral values being presented as the correct way to live one’s life. This book is full of moral lessons, as well as being a good read! I encourage you to read and enjoy!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2022
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I loved this book from the very beginning. I recommend it to everyone who reads. It is an awesome book.
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Gigi Jordan Hunter
4.0 out of 5 stars Awe gee!
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2023
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Another inspirational story of hope. This time the main character isn't a poor girl, but a teenage boy who is good at heart even if he is trying to be tough on the outside. Billy seems to get out of more scrapes and come out smarter than the adults who are supposed to be in charge. He is actually quite smart and insightful. He knows what to do when the adults are confused.
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Saved By Grace
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read for Men Also
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2018
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My wife had read this book and had really enjoyed it. I was looking for something to read and she suggested that I may enjoy it. Wow ! She was so right. This was written about a century ago, but it has so much detail about the time it was written that it could have been written during our current generation and you can see GOD working in people's lives the same way HE currently works in our lives to to bring us to Him.
Men read this book, you will enjoy it as I did. We serve an awesome SAVIOUR !!
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j.r.
3.0 out of 5 stars written in a different era, good lessons, but not the most exciting of plots
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2019
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A friend introduced me to Grace Livingston Hill (GLH) books when we were in college. I found and read all of the ones GLH had had published many years ago. I am rereading some of them.

WARNING: POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD (READ AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION):
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The story of Billy and Mark could have stood alone. Marilyn seemed to enter into it as an ideal only: Billy is her Sunday School student and admires both her and Mark and doesn't want to let her down. Mark and Marilyn were once thought to be an item but now Mark seems to have changed while Marilyn has remained unspoiled.

There's also the contrast of the worldly (Stafton and Opal) with the God-revering (Marilyn and her family).

The story was written long ago and doesn't conform to today's standards of storytelling in fiction. It was nice to have a story with a moral. A story where people tried to do the right thing for the right reasons.
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Raymond Burchette
5.0 out of 5 stars the city of fire
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2012
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i am now reading the city of fire and i have to tell you that after reading the earlier revewsi was expecting a very boring and uninteresting book ,but i have to say that this book is great.the way she describes scenes are wonderful and the way she puts little gems of scripture in the story just adds more to the story.the characters are so believable and the moral fiber of the book makes it a great read.so dont always believe every reveiw that you read because you just might miss a great book
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Jona I Clark
5.0 out of 5 stars Great theme!
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2021
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Slow to start, then the characters took hold and carried you along a marvelous journey full of intrigue,romance and Friendship with the Author of life and love. I reluctantly say farewell to my ‘new friends’. I will remember them fondly. I enjoyed this author’s books 65+ years ago and still am a fan.
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Mittsojourner
4.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2021
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I liked this book a lot. It was a 1950's book where good morals and unacceptable morals were clearly divided. If you can put yourself in the period and accept it as a look a history the it is a great book with several well defined characters.
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Helen Austin
5.0 out of 5 stars Books by Grace Livingston Hill
Reviewed in Canada on October 3, 2013
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She is an excellent writer.Mystery,love and includes our God with reference to Him and His word.Appreciate her as an author would of loved to be her friend.
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David Champion
4.0 out of 5 stars Easy reading.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 27, 2013
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This book flowed well. It was a bit far-fetched at times. Some of the characters seemed too good to be true.
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cancat reader
3.0 out of 5 stars Give it a try.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 13, 2014
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Some may find this novelist bland but I liked the fact she writes from the heart and there's always a moral to the tale. Some of her books are heavy with religious teachings, but at least she was trying to educate readers of the value of the Bible.
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