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 intimidat[...]
Robert Jeremy Cole, the legendary doctor and hero of THE PHYSICIAN, left an enduring legacy. From the eleventh 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[...]
In 1492 Spain is held in firm grip by the inquisition. Per decree an announcement is made that all Jews have to leave the country. A large exodus starts. 15-year-old Yonah is left on his own after his brother and father are killed. Instead of converting to Christianity or fleeing he decides to stand[...]
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 v[...]
Read by millions in thirty-two countries, soon to be a major motion picture, and voted "one of the ten most-beloved books of all time," here is the first English-language digital edition of Noah Gordon's masterworkIn eleventh-century London, a child holds the hand of his dying mother and is terrifie[...]
Bogen er historisk roman om den unge Meir, søn af en jødisk sølvsmed, som brutalt bliver myrdet i Toledo, Spanien og hans bror Yonah, som ender i Zaragoza i lære hos en gammel medicus.[...]
Den unge vinbonde Josep flygter fra borgerkrig i Spanien og ender hos en fransk vinbonde i Languedoc, der giver giver ham arbejde. Da Josep en dag får besked om, at hans far er død, begiver han sig ud på den lange vandring hjem. Men vil det lykkes ham at komme hjem, eller vil han blive fang[...]