by Lion Feuchtwanger · Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783596257324
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«Die Jüdin von Toledo» is the historical novel by Lion Feuchtwanger, published by Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag in paperback (467 pages, in German).
The action takes place in twelfth-century Spain and centers on the relationship between Alfonso VIII of Castile and Raquel, a young Jewish woman of Toledo. Through this bond, Feuchtwanger shows the tensions between love, religion and politics, and portrays a court with intrigues, alliances and mistrust among Christians, Jews and Muslims.
1983 edition of a work originally published in 1954; corresponds to volume 9 of 9 of the series Feuchtwanger GW in Einzelbänden.
For readers of historical fiction and classics of German literature, with an interest in medieval Spain and relations between cultures.
Lion Feuchtwanger was a German Jewish novelist and playwright. A prominent figure in the literary world of Weimar Germany, he influenced contemporaries including playwright Bertolt Brecht.
