The Fortune Teller

by Victor Séjour

Penned by Victor Sejour (1817-1874), a francophone Creole native of Louisiana of African descent, The Fortune-Teller (ital) was first performed in French in 1859, just one year after six-year-old Edgardo Mortara was removed from his Jewish home by the Bologna inquisitor after being baptized by a maid. The inquisitor, supported by Pope Pius IX, vowed not to return the boy until his parents converted to Catholicism. In Victor Sejour's touching rendering...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0988962756
• ISBN13: 9780988962750
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Second Line Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"