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The Woman Who Defied Kings: The Life and Times of Dona Gracia Nasi

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 | #662916 in Books |  2002-06-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.06 x1.58 x6.02l,1.80 | File type: PDF | 614 pages

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||7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.| Brilliant book|By Dassie|Imagine my thrilled surprise when I saw a thorough biography written about one of my favorite Jewish heroines, Gracia Nasi.

I felt the book was very well-researched. For example, it discusses the mysterious figure of David Rubeni who pops up in Jewish history texts. Based on linguistic usage of the time, the author makes a strong case for Rub|From Publishers Weekly|In an assiduously researched biography of a 16th-century Jewish woman who managed a powerful business empire, Brooks, an associate fellow at Yale, has illuminated a mostly forgotten corner of history. Famed during her lifetime both in the

The Woman Who Defied Kings is the first modern, comprehensive biography of Doña Gracia Nasi, an outstanding Jewish international banker during the Renaissance. A courageous leader, she used her wealth and connections to operate an underground railroad that saved hundreds of her fellow Spanish and Portuguese conversos (Jews who had been forced to convert to Catholicism) from the horrors of the Inquisition. Born in Lisbon in 1510, she later moved onto Antwerp, Venic...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The Woman Who Defied Kings: The Life and Times of Dona Gracia Nasi   |  Andrée Aelion Brooks.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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