The Judgment of Caesar
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Plot Summary of The Judgment of Caesar

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St. Martin's, June 2004, 24.95, 288 pp.
ISBN 0312271190

Gordianus the Finder and his beloved wife Bethesda are sailing from Rome to Alexandria both hoping that bathing in the Nile River will restore her to her health. An Egyptian by birth and sold into slavery, Bethesda knows exactly where she wants to bathe in the healing mystical Nile. When they reach the place next to a sacred shrine guarded by a priestess of Osiris, Bethesda leaves Gordianus but fails to return though he searched for his beloved.

Grieving and heartbroken, he travels on to Alexandria only to meet up with King Ptolemy who is battling his sister-wife Cleopatra for the throne. Gordianus accepts the king's invitation to the palace and finds he must deal with Caesar who wants the Egyptian civil war to end so whoever is the ruler can pay back the money owed to Rome. When the son he disowned is charged with trying to poison Caesar and Cleopatra, Gordianus realizes he still cares about Meto and he vows to find the real culprit so his son can go free.

A Gordianus the Finder mystery is always a special treat and in THE JUDGMENT OF CAESAR he proves that even though he is in his sixties, he can match wits with the most machiavellian of people including Julius Caesar and Cleopatra. Readers see how Caesar falls under Cleopatra's spell and through the research of Steven Saylor we are treated to a period of history that is both dramatic and colorful. Egyptologists and mystery fans are going to cast positive judgment on this exciting novel.

Harriet Klausner

Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout.

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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of The Judgment of Caesar

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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%

Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story: - ancient egypt
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - champion of justice
Age: - 60's-90's
How much violence does he/she use? - a little
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Genius (really!)
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - mastermind
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist - power
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Setting
Africa Yes
Part of Africa: - Arabic Africa

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths? - 0 (not a murder mystery)
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript

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