by Lion Feuchtwanger · Aufbau-Verlag GmbH · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783746650289
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«Die Jüdin von Toledo» is the historical novel by Lion Feuchtwanger, published by Aufbau-Verlag in paperback (467 pages, in German).
In medieval Spain, Raquel, called La Fermosa, is the daughter of an influential Jewish adviser to Alfonso VIII of Castile; what begins as a political sacrifice becomes a passionate love for the king. The people see her as the true queen while the queen pushes the country into a war whose consequences fall on the Jews.
The work originally appeared in 1954; this edition is from 1999.
For readers of historical fiction and European classics, with an interest in medieval Spain and love stories with a political backdrop.
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.
