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Published by Am Oved, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1950
Seller: Meir Turner, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. In Hebrew. 344, (4) pages. 170 x 117 mm. Book block solid but boards detached. With a dozen illustrations, including portraits of Menasseh ben Israel and Columbus and a reproduction of a 1500 painting depicting an auto de fe. Penciled gift inscription on front blank. This is an historical novel on the life of the marranos and relates the story of a Jewish boy who harbors the dream of being a savior of his people and finding for them a country of safety out of the hands of the Spanish Inquisition. The youth become a captain on one of Christopher Columbus' ships and takes part in Columbus' discoveries in the New World.