The Judgment of Caesar: A Novel of Ancient Rome (Novels of Ancient Rome)
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ISBN: 0312932979 / Publisher: Minotaur Books, June 2005
Heading to Egypt in search of a cure for his wife's mysterious illness, Gordianus the Finder and his ailing wife, Bethesda, arrive in a country struggling to recover from the war between Caesar and Pompey and dealing with the power struggle between Ptolemy and his sister Cleopatra, a situation that rapidly worsens when Bethesda vanishes. Reprint.
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In 48 B.C., Roman generals Caesar and Pompey have long engaged in a battle to rule the world. Now, as Pompey plots a reckless stand on the banks of the Nile, Gordianus the Finder-who has brought his wife Bethesda to the river seeking a cure for her in its sacred waters-finds himself suddenly at the heart of a series of treacherous and history-altering events.While Caesar and Cleopatra embark on a legendary romance, Egypt remains ravaged by the brutal contest between the Queen and her brother King Ptolemy. Worst of all for Gordianus, his once-disowned son and Caesar's right-hand man, stands falsely accused of murder. Caesar's judgment will decide Meto's fate, and it is up to Gordianus to somehow overcome colossal malevolent forces to reveal the carefully obscured truth and spare his son's life.
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