The Four Rivers of Paradise Godden ” With justice to his

” With justice to his formidable and sensitive subject

Are we putting the “stupid” in the slogan

of violence and prejudice

she is of a highly independent spirit

The Four Rivers of Paradise Godden ” With justice to hisBy Helen C. White The Four Rivers of Paradise tells of Hilary of Bordeaux, heir to a vast Aquitanian estate, loyal Roman citizen, and fledgling Christian. Anno Domini 404 is not an easy time to be any one of those things: Rome, in the city and across the empire, is in decline and disarray, preferring the idle amusements of intrigue and luxury to the strong pieties of verity, honor, and faith. As the fall of Rome at the hands of the barbarian Alaric,