By Fire, By Water : A Novel (Paperback)

from zibilee

Living in 15th century Spain, Luis de Santángel has just been caught in the cross-hairs of the new Inquisition. Santángel is a very wealthy and respected member of the community and also the chancellor to Fernando, the King of Aragon. But he is also a Jewish covert to Christianity, and when he be...

from blodeuedd

This was such a beautifully written book, readers often say that it felt like they were there. But this one truly brought that out. There was a movie slowly playing in my head while reading this book. Luis de Santángel is rich and powerful, but three generations back he was a Jew and being a Jew ...

from wagner.sarah35

The Spanish Inquisition looms large in Kaplan's By Fire, By Water. The central character, Luis de Santangel, a powerful courtier to the Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella, is a Christian of Jewish descent who begins to rediscover the faith of his ancestors in the course of the novel. He also...

from blodeuedd

This was such a beautifully written book, readers often say that it felt like they were there. But this one truly brought that out. There was a movie slowly playing in my head while reading this book. Luis de Santángel is rich and powerful, but three generations back he was a Jew and being a Jew ...

from jenzbaker

Santangel, a convert to Christianity, finds his loved ones implicated in a murder. His faith in Judaism is reignited, he falls in love, meets Christopher Columbus who offers S a chance to travel to the new world.Interesting story of insidiousness of fear and bgiotry. Immersive in 15th century Spa...