Kaplan Mitchell James - By Fire By Water A Novel - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: As the power of Inquisitor General Tomas de Torquemada grows so does the brutality of the Spanish church and the suspicion and paranoia it inspires. When a dear friend's demise brings the violence close to home Santangel is enraged and takes retribution into his own hands. But he is from a family of conversos and his Jewish heritage makes him an easy target. As Santangel witnesses the horrific persecution of his loved ones he begins slowly to reconnect with the Jewish faith his family left behind. Feeding his curiosity about his past is his growing love for Judith Migdal a clever and beautiful Jewish woman navigating the mounting tensions in Granada. While he struggles to decide what his reputation is worth and what he can sacrifice one man offers him a chance he thought he'd lost. the chance to hope for a better world. Christopher Columbus has plans to discover a route to paradise and only Luis de Santangel can help him. Within the dramatic story lies a subtle insightful examination of the crisis of faith at the heart of the Spanish Inquisition. Irresolvable conflict rages within the conversos in By Fire By Water torn between the religion they left behind and the conversion meant to ensure their safety. In this story of love God faith and torture fifteenth - century Spain comes to dazzling engrossing life.
Title: By Fire By Water A Novel
Author(s): Kaplan Mitchell James
Publisher: Other Press Llc
Barcode: 9781635424003
Pages: 304 Pages
Publication Date: 8/15/2023
Category: Historical Fiction