The Stone Serpent: Barates of Palmyra's Elegy for Regina his Beloved Helen Beer christened Lord Kitchener

christened Lord Kitchener

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The Stone Serpent: Barates of Palmyra's Elegy for Regina his Beloved Helen Beer christened Lord KitchenerSyrian poet Nouri al Jarrah brings to life a story that can never again be lost in time after a single line in Aramaic on a tombstone fired his imagination. This inspiring epic poem awakens two extraordinary lovers, Barates, a Syrian from Palmyra, and Regina, the Celtic slave he freed and married, from where they have lain at rest beside Hadrians Wall for eighteen centuries, and tells their unique story. Barates elegy to his beloved wife, who died