The fifth servant

ISBN: 9780061966170 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
ISBN: 0061966177 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
Physical Description: electronic electronic resource remote
Publisher: Pymble, NSW ; New York, NY : HarperCollins e-books, 2010.

Summary: 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.