By Fire Possessed: Dona Gracia Nasi

by Sandra K. Toro

Book Overview

By Fire Possessed is historical fiction about the life of Dona Gracia Nasi, one of the wealthiest and most powerful women of the Renaissance. She used her power to rescue many thousands of Sephardic Jews from the genocidal persecution of the Inquisition. She was born to a family of Sephardic Jews who were expelled from Spain in 1492. They escaped to Portugal where they were again persecuted a few years later. Her husband built one of the largest commercial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935604066
• ISBN13: 9781935604068
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Gaon Books
• Length: 311 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"