79 CE Pompeii . Despite considerable misgivings, Drusilla continues to tell her story to Titus Flavius Lucas. 34 CE When rumours of events in Galilee reach the Emperor Tiberius, fourteen year old Drusilla finds herself in great danger, and is forced to go on the run. Over the years that follow, she sometimes fears that she will never escape from her past. This is the second of the trilogy, loosely inspired by the biblical story of Jairus' daughter.