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St. Martin's Griffin
May 2013
On Sale: May 7, 2013
400 pages
ISBN: 0312675461
EAN: 9780312675462
Kindle: B00AQUTOHE
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Fiction Family Life | Historical
From Jeanne Kalogridis, the bestselling author of The Borgia
Bride and The Scarlet Contessa, comes a tale of love, loss
and treachery set during the perilous days of the Spanish
Inquisition 1481 Seville: The Inquisition makes its first appearance in
Spain. Its target: conversos, Christians of Jewish
descent—specifically those who practice Judaism secretly
in their homes. The penalty for “crypto-Judaismâ€:
Burning at the stake. Marisol Garcia, a young conversa, is hurriedly wed to
Gabriel, a civil lawyer working for the Inquisition, in
hopes that he will protect her. But she still yearns for the
childhood love who abandoned her four years earlier, and
she’s shocked when he reappears suddenly at her wedding. When her father is arrested and tortured, Marisol finds
herself caught between her love for him and her desire to
save the lives of her people. After becoming a favorite of
the ruthless Queen Isabella, Marisol discovers a dangerous
secret about her former lover, Antonio, and finds herself
trapped in a life-threatening web of intrigue. As the
Inquisition’s snares tighten around her, Marisol’s love
for Antonio and loyalty to her Jewish family is tested as
never before… The Inquisitor’s Wife reveals the real motivation behind
the Inquisition, a frank glance at a “saintly†queen,
and the struggles of a maligned people against crushing forces.
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