Frank Slaughter's historical novel takes us to the times of late Rome - the first third of the 4th century. Flavius Valery Constantine ascends the throne, concentrating sole and absolute imperial power in his hands. Through battles and blood, the death of loved ones, he walked towards his goal, trying to revive the former greatness and power of the Roman Empire. In a fascinating, exciting description of the life of this man, the founder of New Rome - Constantinople, the author unfolds before us a broad historical canvas, in which many pages are devoted to the creation of the Church and the first Christians, who were powerfully supported by the emperor who believed in God. And it is not for nothing that church historians named Constantine the Great and proclaimed him a model of a Christian ruler. Frank Gill Slaughter was born in Washington on February 25, 1908. He graduated from Oxford Graduate School in North Carolina and Durham University. Doctor. He served in the US Army in the medical corps. Married Jane Mundy in 1933. Two sons. He began his literary career in 1941 with the novels That None Should Die and In a Dark Garden. Frank Slaughter is a versatile author, writing both on medicine and historical works, but most of all he is successful in writing on biblical topics or in mixed forms. In 1959, Slaughter released two novels one after the other: “The Cross and the Crown, or the Life of Christ” and “Joseph of Arimathea”, and a year later a novel about the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, “The Miracle of the Burning Cross”, which we offer to our readers. Slaughter works in literature for almost 40 years. During this time, the total circulation of his books amounted to more than 60 million copies. One of the last novels of 1987, again on a medical topic, is “Transplant.” The text is published according to the publication: Constantine: The miracle of the flaming cross, by Frank G. Sloughter. Doubleday and Company, Inc. New York, 1965.