Masada
Gloria D MiklowitzPaperback 1999-08-13
Publisher Description
In the year 72 C.E., after a four-year war between Rome and Judea, only one fortress remains to be taken: Masada, high above the Dead Sea in what is now Israel. Two years later, the commander of the famous Roman Tenth Legion, Flavius Silva, marches toward Masada to capture or kill the 960 Jewish zealots who hold it. / In this eloquent and powerful novel, we meet 17-year-old Simon ben Eleazar, son of the Jewish leader of Masada. Apprenticed too Masadas only physician, Simon learns to help victims of the enemys onslaught as he struggles with his love for Deborah, the intended of his best friend, and with the painful decision he must ultimately make.
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Publisher Description
In the year 72 C.E., after a four-year war between Rome and Judea, only one fortress remains to be taken: Masada, high above the Dead Sea in what is now Israel. Two years later, the commander of the famous Roman Tenth Legion, Flavius Silva, marches toward Masada to capture or kill the 960 Jewish zealots who hold it. / In this eloquent and powerful novel, we meet 17-year-old Simon ben Eleazar, son of the Jewish leader of Masada. Apprenticed too Masadas only physician, Simon learns to help victims of the enemys onslaught as he struggles with his love for Deborah, the intended of his best friend, and with the painful decision he must ultimately make.