At the Mercy of Tiberius is not a story of Ancient Rome. It is set in aSouthern section of the United States Augusta J Evans was a Southern author whoopened a h... » 

At the Mercy of Tiberius is not a story of Ancient Rome. It is set in aSouthern section of the United States Augusta J Evans was a Southern author whoopened a hospital for Confederate soldiers during the Civil War in MobileAlabama. Of Evans nine books St Elmo is her most well known. She is alsocredited for her beautiful writing style. Beryls mother was disowned when shemarried a foreigner. Beryl confronts her grandfather the General and asks formoney to help the family. After she leaves he is murdered. Beryl is prosecutedfor his murder by Tiberius whose name is actually Lennox Dunbar. The endingand the real circumstances of the Generals death will come as a surprise tothe reader. «