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The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon
Richard Zimler
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Description for The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon
Paperback. THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A gripping literary mystery in the tradition of The Name of the Rose, set among a secret Jewish community living in Lisbon in the sixteenth century. 'I loved The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon.' John Le Carre Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 30. Weight in Grams: 260.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472112101
SKU
V9781472112101
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About Richard Zimler
Richard Zimler was born in New York but has lived in Portugal for the past 30 years. He has written six novels, most recently The Night Watchman (published by Corsair). Zimler's novels have been international bestsellers; he has won numerous prizes and is a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times Book Review. www.zimler.com
Reviews for The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon
An international bestseller and a riveting literary murder mystery Independent on Sunday Gripping, richly written and overflowing with historic detail New York Times Historical accuracy, the structures of a mystery, the pace of a thriller ... a fascinating novel with a spellbinding subject matter Elle Vividly rendered ... drenched in atmosphere and period detail Wall Street Journal