by Lion Feuchtwanger · Editorial Edaf, S.L. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788441412101
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«La Judía de Toledo» is the historical novel by Lion Feuchtwanger, published by Editorial Edaf in hardcover (492 pages, in Spanish).
Set in 12th-century Castile, the novel recreates the passion of King Alfonso VIII of Castile for Raquel, a young Jewish woman of Toledo, a romance recorded in the chronicles of Alfonso X the Wise, great-grandson of Alfonso VIII. Lion Feuchtwanger portrays that love in a world of ambitious nobles, violence and clash of cultures.
Part of the Clio collection. Historical Fiction. Translated from German by Ana Tortajada. Originally published as «Die Jüdin von Toledo» in 1954.
Aimed at readers of historical fiction and romances set in medieval Spain.
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.
