In the year 1492, the Inquisition has all of Spain in its grip. After centuries of pogrom-like riots encouraged by the Church, the Jews - who have been an important part of Spanish life since the days of the Romans - are expelled from the country by royal edict. Many who wish to remain are intimidated by Church and Crown and become Catholics, but several hundred thousand choose to retain their religion and depart; given little time to flee, some perish even before they can escape from Spain.
Yonah Toledano, the 15-year-old son of a celebrated Spanish silversmith, has seen his father...
In the year 1492, the Inquisition has all of Spain in its grip. After centuries of pogrom-like riots encouraged by the Church, the Jews - who have ...
Robert Jeremy Cole, the legendary doctor and hero of "The Physician, " left an enduring legacy. From the11th century on, the eldest son in each generation of the Cole family has borne the same first name and middle initial and many of these men have followed the medical profession. A few have been blessed with their ancestor's diagnostic skill and the "sixth sense" they call The Gift, the ability to know instinctively when death is impending. The tragedy of Rob J.'s life is the deafness of his son, Robert Jefferson Cole, who is called Shaman by everyone who knows him. Shaman's life is...
Robert Jeremy Cole, the legendary doctor and hero of "The Physician, " left an enduring legacy. From the11th century on, the eldest son in each genera...
Vier lange Jahre war Josep lvarez im fernen Languedoc, um die groe Kunst des Weinmachens zu erlernen und um sich vor den Schergen zu verstecken, die den Grafen von Reus des Nchtens in Madrid kaltbltig ermordet hatten. Nun, zurck in seinem Heimatdorf, hofft Josep, dass er sich seinen Lebenstraum erfllen kann. Vollmundigen Wein mchte er auf dem Gut seiner Vter kultivieren. Doch die Reben sind vertrocknet, die Geldforderungen seines Bruders fr den Erbhof horrend. Tapfer nimmt Josep zusammen mit seiner Geliebten den Kampf ums berleben auf, bis ihn die Vergangenheit einholt.
Vier lange Jahre war Josep lvarez im fernen Languedoc, um die groe Kunst des Weinmachens zu erlernen und um sich vor den Schergen zu verstecken, die d...
From the author of The Physician and Shaman now comes this story of a young man-the grapes he grows, the wine he fashions, the women he loves, and his struggle against an evil that seeks to destroy him. Already an international bestseller. Josep Alvarez is a young man in the tiny grape-growing village of Santa Eulalia, in northern Spain, where his father grows black grapes that are turned into cheap vinegar. Joseph loves the agricultural life, but he is the second son, and his father's vineyard will be inherited by his brother Donat, the firstborn. Josep needs to keep his hands in the soil....
From the author of The Physician and Shaman now comes this story of a young man-the grapes he grows, the wine he fashions, the women he loves, and his...
