Pub Date: 2011-02-08 Pages: 416 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins US In 1592. Prague is a relatively safe refuge for Jews who live within the gated walls of its ghetto But the peace is threatened 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. and all that stands in the way of a rabid Christian mob is a clever Talmudic scholar. newly arrived from Poland . named Benyamin Ben-Akiva. Granted just three days to bring the true killer to justice-hampered by rabbinic law. with no allies or connections. and only his wits. knowledge. and faith to guide him-Benyamin sets off on a desperate search for answers. Following a twisting trail from the streets to the shul. from the forbidden back rooms of a ghetto brothel to the emperor Rudolf IIs lavish palace...