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Pilate's Daughter Paperback – 3 October 2017

by Fiona Veitch Smith (Author)

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The year is AD28. In Roman-occupied Judea, Claudia Lucretia Pilate, daughter of the governor Pontius Pilate, is not happy with her father’s choice of husband for her – the handsome Roman Tribune Marcus Gaius Sejanus, who has been assigned the task of ridding Palestine of the troublesome Zealots. Lover of Greek myths and culture, Claudia has ideals of finding a partner of her own and she unwittingly falls in love with Judah ben Hillel, a young Jewish Zealot, who has been instructed by his kinsmen to kidnap and kill her. Meanwhile, Marcus has fallen in love himself with a beautiful slave-girl, Nebela, whose mother is the local soothsayer. Despite their different ranks in society, Nebela is determined that she, and not Claudia, shall marry Marcus, and with her mother’s help she weaves an intricate plot to try and get her way. Languishing in jail is John the Baptist, having prepared the way for the coming of the Messiah. Regarded by the Romans as a madman, John’s fate will be decided by the whims of the women in Herod’s household. Word on the street is that a Jewish prophet from Galilee has been causing unrest, drawing huge crowds to hear him speak and watch him perform wonders and healings. Claudia’s father, Pontius, becomes a key player in the final destiny of the prophet, and despite warnings from his wife after her vivid dreams, he is swept along by expectations of the Jewish leaders to uphold the local traditions and finds himself in a dangerously compromising situation. As the last days of Jesus are played out in Jerusalem, the future happiness of Claudia and Judah becomes ever more thwarted and the outcome played out in a wider arena than they ever imagined. A tale of star-crossed lovers, Pilate’s Daughter brings to the fore many lesser-known characters from the gospel accounts of Jesus, who mingle with fictional characters against the historical backdrop of Roman life in Palestine.

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‘...a thrilling portrayal of one of the most volatile periods of history’ – bestselling author Richard Foreman Fiona Veitch Smith is the author of books, plays and screenplays for both children and adults. Formerly a journalist, she is best-known for her historical crime series, Poppy Denby Investigates, about a feisty reporter sleuth in 1920s London. The first book in the series, The Jazz Files, was shortlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association Historical Dagger Award 2016, sponsored by Endeavour Press

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Publisher : Independently published (3 October 2017)
Language : English
Paperback : 267 pages
ISBN-10 : 1549887297
ISBN-13 : 978-1549887291
Dimensions : 15.24 x 1.7 x 22.86 cm

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Paul T.

Love at the hinge of history.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 March 2017

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Falling in love can often be painful, and sometimes it's wildly inappropriate. Like, for example, the daughter of the Roman Governor of Judea and a Jewish Zealot? Almost as bad, a Roman Tribune (engaged to the Governor's daughter) and a slave girl!

It would be hard enough to work out these problems of the heart if that were all that was happening. But all this takes place in a particularly turbulent period of history. Events that will change the course of history are happening, and the young lovers will inevitably be caught up in it.

So this is more than a love story, it's an insight into some of the minor and background characters of one of the greatest stories ever. The author has woven together the historical facts and people with the fictional ones so skilfully that you can't see the joins, and throws in a lot of intriguing observations about people's lives in those days that add to the authenticity.

Overall, this isn't just a good romance story, it's also a clever and well-imagined look behind the scenes of probably the most important events in history.

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Sheila

A fascinating twist to history's greatest betrayal

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2017

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Fiona Veitch Smith skilfully weaves the day-to-day lives and the desires, hopes and longings of certain "minor" characters from the New Testament narrative, and links them into the most famous story on earth - the life and death of John the Baptist, the final days of Jesus's ministry and the dramatic events of the Passion. I was captivated by the tale of Claudia and her clandestine lover, a Jewish Zealot, and the hopes and plans of her slave Nebela who loves the Roman Tribune Claudia is being forced to marry; and Nebela's soothsayer mother Zandra. A sympathetic portrait of Pontius Pilate, a new insight into his wife's psychological state, a fascinating twist to history's greatest betrayal, and a vivid evocation of the high emotional stakes during one particular governorship of a very troublesome province in the Roman Empire, and individuals whose names were destined to run a thread through all human history. Thoroughly recommended.

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Eirlys king

unusual take on days of Jesus

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 October 2018

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Enjoyed the fresh angle. A lot of work has gone into the detail of the period but not all of it is correct.For instance, Mithraism did not share the parrallels with Christianity claimed in this book. I also spotted one glaring anachronism - Pilate and Herod having tea together?! The characters were well drawn and one of them turns out to be quite a surprise. I felt the book lacked pace. It picked up towards the end but was overlong.

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A different perspective

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 July 2019

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Pilate, Judas and Jesus written from a different perspective, very romanticised but OK to read. I don't even know if Pilate had a daughter but we do know he had a wife.
I liked it as it did show Judas thinking he'd found the messiah to get rid of the Romans but also his disappointment in Jesus and then in himself.

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C Johnston

I really enjoyed Pilate's Daughter

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 July 2017

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I really enjoyed Pilate's Daughter. The protagonist, Claudia, is a strong woman and has her own idea about how her life should be. I love a story that weaves historical fact into fiction, and Fiona does this wonderfully in this novel. Don't get too complacent reading this story though, there are lots of twists and turns expertly placed along the way that keep the pages turning, as you wonder just exactly what motivations and allegiances lie behind the characters actions.

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