* multi-generation love story set in Seville on the eve of the Spanish Inquisition * historical thriller explores the themes of 15th c. Catholic hatred and persecution of Jews that reverberated through history for centuries until adopted by Adolf Hitler * recommended reading in Rick Steves' Spain 2007 ... one of 3 books recommended ... the others were -Don Quixote- and Hemingway's -For Whom the Bell Tolls- * for Jews living in Seville when crusading Dominican priests swept through the city, the choice was clear: accept baptism, or die * an extraordinary view of the young Queen Isabel...