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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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Historical | Fiction Family Life
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 descentΓ’β¬βspecifically those who practice Judaism secretly in their homes. The penalty for Γ’β¬Εcrypto-JudaismΓ’β¬Β: 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 sheΓ’β¬β’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 InquisitionΓ’β¬β’s snares tighten around her, MarisolΓ’β¬β’s love for Antonio and loyalty to her Jewish family is tested as never beforeΓ’β¬Β¦ The InquisitorΓ’β¬β’s Wife reveals the real motivation behind the Inquisition, a frank glance at a Γ’β¬ΕsaintlyΓ’β¬Β queen, and the struggles of a maligned people against crushing forces.
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