The fifth servant
Whoever saves a single life saves the entire world... In 1592, as the Catholic Church and the Protestants battle for control of the soul of Europe, Prague is a relatively safe harbor in the religious storm. Ruled by Emperor Rudolph II, the city is a refuge for Jews who live within the gated walls of...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
William Morrow,
c2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
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| Summary: | Whoever saves a single life saves the entire world... In 1592, as the Catholic Church and the Protestants battle for control of the soul of Europe, Prague is a relatively safe harbor in the religious storm. Ruled by Emperor Rudolph II, the city is a refuge for Jews who live within the gated walls of its ghetto. But their lives are jeopardized when a young Christian girl is found with her throat slashed in a Jewish shop on the eve of Passover. Charged with blood libel, the shopkeeper and his family are arrested. All that stands in the way of a rabid Christian mob is a clever Talmudic scholar, newly arrived from Poland, named Benyamin Ben-Akiva. Pleading the shopkeeper's innocence to the city's sheriff, Benyamin is given three days to bring the true killer to justice. --From Amazon.com |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 387 p. : map ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780061725371 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0061725374 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780061725388 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0061725382 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
