{"product_id":"2940012208828","title":"A ROMAN LAWYER IN JERUSALEM","description":"SET IN FIRST CENTURY JERUSALEM.  Written in Prose.  Here is the start of Chapter One............\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarcus, abiding in Jerusalem,\u003cbr\u003eGreeting to Caius, his best friend in Rome!\u003cbr\u003eSalve! these presents will he borne to you\u003cbr\u003eBy Lucius, who is wearied with this place,\u003cbr\u003eSated with travel, looks upon the East\u003cbr\u003eAs simply hateful—blazing, barren, bleak,\u003cbr\u003eAnd longs again to find himself in Rome,\u003cbr\u003eAfter the tumult of its streets, its trains\u003cbr\u003eOf slaves and clients, and its villas cool\u003cbr\u003eWith marble porticoes beside the sea,\u003cbr\u003eAnd friends and banquets—more than all, its games—\u003cbr\u003eThis life seems blank and flat. He pants to stand\u003cbr\u003eIn its vast circus all alive with heads\u003cbr\u003eAnd quivering arms and floating robes—the air\u003cbr\u003eThrilled by the roaring fremitus of men—\u003cbr\u003eThe sunlit awning heaving overhead,\u003cbr\u003eSwollen and strained against its corded veins\u003cbr\u003eAnd flapping out its hem with loud report—\u003cbr\u003eThe wild beasts roaring from the pit below—\u003cbr\u003eThe wilder crowd responding from above\u003cbr\u003eWith one long yell that sends the startled blood\u003cbr\u003eWith thrill and sudden flush into the cheeks—\u003cbr\u003eA hundred trumpets screaming—the dull thump\u003cbr\u003eOf horses galloping across the sand—\u003cbr\u003eThe clang of sabbards, the sharp clash of steel—\u003cbr\u003eLive swords, that whirl a circle of grey fire—\u003cbr\u003eBrass helmets flashing 'neath their streaming hair—\u003cbr\u003eA universal tumult—then a hush\u003cbr\u003eWorse than the tumult—all eyes staining down\u003cbr\u003eTo the arena's pit—all lips set close—\u003cbr\u003eAll muscles strained—and then that sudden yell,\u003cbr\u003eHabet!—That's Rome, says Lucius! so it is!\u003cbr\u003eThat is, 'tis his Rome—'tis not yours and mine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLooking for another good book?  Just click on the name \"TLC BOOKS\" at the top of the page, next to the title, or write \"\" at the search box …TLC BOOKS …you will be taken to our main page, where you will be able to peruse all the titles…many are Christian and Wholesome titles.","brand":"TLC BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069143433456,"sku":"2940012208828","price":1.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012208828_p0.jpg?v=1763553608","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012208828","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}