The Last Jew (Mass Market)
Format: Mass Market
ISBN:
9780312978396 (0312978391)
ASIN: 312978391
Publish date: January 1st 2003
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Pages no: 373
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Drama,
Jewish,
German Literature,
English Literature,
Spain,
15th Century
If you're like me and don't know a lot about late-15th-century Spain, this novel is a nice accessible little history lesson. I learned a lot about beliefs and customs at the time of the Spanish Inquisition. Ferdinand and Isabella issued a royal edict expelling all Jews from Spain. Fifteen-year-old ...
I really enjoyed The Last Jew, but at the same time it made me so angry. As far as I know it's quite historically correct, and the treatment of Jews in the 16th century upsets me. Genocide is always horrible, and when it's brought about by Christians who really ought to know better, it makes it a so...
16 years ago
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