The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon [electronic resource]
Zimler, Richard2013
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The year is 1506, and the streets of Lisbon are seething with fear and suspicion when Abraham Zarco is found dead, a naked girl at his side. Abraham was a renowned kabbalist, a practitioner of the arcane mysteries of the Jewish tradition at a time when the Jews of Portugal were forced to convert to Christianity. Berekiah, a talented young manuscript illuminator, investigates his uncle's murder, and discovers in the kabbalah clues that lead him into the labyrinth of secrets in which the Jews sought to hide from their persecutors.A challenging mystery and a powerful indictment of the evils of intolerance, The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon is an extraordinary and spellbinding historical thriller.
Main title:
The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon [electronic resource] / Richard Zimler
Author:
Zimler, Richard, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Little, Brown Book Group, 2013
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Richard Zimler was born in Manhasset, New York. After gaining degrees in comparative religion from Duke University and in journalism from Stanford University, he worked as a journalist. In 1990, he moved to Porto, Portugal, where he has taught journalism for the last twelve years. He has published four novels since 1996: Unholy Ghosts, The Angelic Darkness, The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon — named 1998 Book of the Year by three British critics and a bestseller in eleven countries — and Hunting Midnight, also a bestseller. Zimler has won many prizes for his writing, and has lectured on Portuguese-Jewish culture all over the world. When not writing, he enjoys gardening at his weekend house in the north of Portugal.
ISBN:
9781472111418
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English
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2767044
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