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This exciting adventure recreates the siege of Masada, and reveals important developments in Jonathan's struggle with his guilt over past events. Also, there's terrific insight into the workings of the Roman legal system in a page-turning court room drama. As ever, Caroline Lawrence spings new surprises for all the characters and provides motives, means and opportunities for one determined felon. And, as ever, it's up to the four young detectives to crack the case.
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In The Slave-Girl from Jerusalem we meet Hephzibah, the title character, who is a close friend of Miriam and in need of some help. She was a slave in the household of a very wealthy man named Dives but claims that he master freed her in a private ceremony. The estate has been inherited by a man named Nonius who claims Hephzibah as his slave. A witness to the manumission ceremony is found but before he can testify before a magistrate the witness is found murdered.
For the time being, Hephzibah is staying with Pliny the Younger but she is suddenly summoned by Nonius to clear out her possessions. When Hephzibah goes to her cubicle she discovers the body of a murdered man and is accused of being the murderer. It is now up to Flavia, Jonathan, Nubia and Lupus to prove that Hephzibah is innocent.
Caroline Lawrence has woven a superb mystery that includes a wealth of information about the Roman legal system and how and why cases were presented. The advocate that Flavia asks to argue Hephzibah's case is Flaccus who is a bit unsure of himself, particularly as he needs to face the great orator Quintilian. There is a helpful diagram of an orator and the gestures that were used when making a presentation.
Jonathan has a re-occurring dream of a funeral procession which he believes to be his own. From this the characters become somewhat obsessed with the making of wills, and so there is a lot of information on who could inherit an estate and under what circumstances children and slaves could be included in a will. The Slave-Girl from Jerusalem is a magnificent addition to the Roman Mysteries series.
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If you haven't yet discovered Caroline Lawrence's Roman Mysteries, you are missing one of the best series available in the world of children's historical fiction. We've been fans since the very very first book and so are delighted to see that Amazon has finally made arrangements to drag these across the pond rather than wait for a year or more for US publication, something our young Latinists have found very frustrating.
Slave Girl from Jerusalem (Roman Mysteries) brings together the workings of the Roman legal system and the destruction of Jerusalem's Second Temple in a tight little mystery with lots of accurate historical context.
Those studying Ancient Rome or Latin should also note that all of the Roman Mysteries contain an extensive vocabulary list in the back as well as an end note regarding the history behind the book.
Kudos to Caroline! Now, when are we going to see the TV series over here?
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