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The Blind Eye
Book Excerpt,
Chapter One,
Edict of Expulsion:
31st of March, 1492
Accused of ritual murder in Granada and not under jurisdiction of
the Inquisition, the Church orders expulsion of all Jews and
Marranos from Spain within four months.
Granada, Spain
2 Ab 5252 (4 August 1492)
“Hermando, no. Please. Hanna’s still a girl. She made a mistake.” My
mother appealed to my father even as she, too, made preparations for
our long journey. The air in the front room of our home that served
as our place of trade reeked with anger and frustration. Despair
replaced hope. Three months had passed since the Edict of Expulsion
on the thirty-first of Adar. Originally we were to leave on the
first day of Ab but the monarchs in their cruel contempt gave us one
more day.
“No!” my father shouted, gathering stacks of Byzantine silks and
flax linen. Furious, he stuffed them into large hemp bags. A swath
of crimson tapestry fell to the floor.
“But Hanna’s only fourteen.”
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ISBN: 9781434302632 (Paperback)
Pub. Date: July 2007
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Subject: Historical/Fiction
Price: $17.99
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BOOK SYNOPSIS:
Edict of Explusion:
31st of March, 1492
...accused of ritual murder in Granada and
not under jurisdiction of the Inquisition,
the Church orders
expulsion of all Jews and Marranos from
Spain within four months.
Granada, Spain
2 Ab 5252 (4 August, 1492)
"Hermando, no, Please.
Hanna's still a girl. She made a mistake. "My mother appealed to my
father even as she, too, made preparation for our long journey.
The air in the front room of our home that served as our place of
trade reeked with anger and frustration. Despair replaced
hope. Three months had passed since the Edict of Expulsion on
the thirty-first of Adar. Originally we
were to leave on the first day of Ab but the monarchs in their cruel contempt gave us one
more day.
In parallel stories set in the 15th century Portugal and the 1990's,
two women explore their identities. Set against historical
events, The Blind Eye creates a sweeping narrative about a family
expelled from Spain connecting forward across time to a modern woman
of Cuban descent.
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