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Violence
Some
Moderate; historical violence including anti-Semitic persecution
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Significant; the psychological and social horror of institutionalized anti-Semitism in 19th-century France
What this book is about
Barbara Corrado Pope's historical mystery follows Magistrate Martin — in post-Dreyfus Affair France — when a Jewish man is accused of a ritual murder. Pope writes historical fiction with genuine period research about one of the most shameful episodes of French history, using the mystery form to explore how prejudice functions at an institutional level.
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Anti-Semitism and historical prejudice themes
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