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CHAPTER 1 Judah and Messala It was the 17th year of the Christian era. The Roman Empire extended far and wide, including the land of Judea and its holy city of Jerusalem. Judea's cruel ruler, King Herod, was dead, and the Roman emperor had named a less important official, a procurator, to...

About the Author Charles Dickens was born in Landport, Portsea, England, in 1812, the second of eight children. His father, a clerk, moved the family to London when Charles was ten years old. Two years later, the boy had to leave school to help support the family. But Charles read constantly in...

About the Author As a boy in England, Arthur Conan Doyle enjoyed reading detective stories. But he was working his way through medical school and didn't have much time for writing. However, in 1886, as the twenty-seven-year-old Dr. Doyle sat in his new office hoping for patients, he decided to...