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Doña Gracia's secret : the adventures of an extraordinary Jewish woman in the Renaissance / Marilyn Froggatt.
Van Pelt Library DS135.P8 N3735 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Froggatt, Marilyn, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nasi, Gracia, approximately 1510-1569.
- Jewish women--Portugal--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Jewish women.
- Sephardim--Portugal--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Sephardim.
- Crypto-Jews--Iberian Peninsula--Portugal--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Crypto-Jews.
- Jewish women--Turkey--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Marranos.
- Nasi, Gracia, approximately 1510-1569--Juvenile literature.
- Nasi, Gracia.
- Portugal.
- Turkey.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 43 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jerusalem, Israel ; Edison, NJ : Gefen Publishing House Ltd., [2020]
- Summary:
- "A remarkable story of an extraordinary woman. Marilyn Froggatt's creative nonfiction account of Dona Gracia is well-researched and inspiring. It invites youth to raise some difficult questions"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: One. Love and Loss in Lisbon
- Two. House of Mendes
- Building a New Life
- Three. A Woman Ahead of Her Time
- Four. Hide and Seek in Venice
- Five. Finding Her Jewish Self
- Six. The Promise
- Gracia, Joseph, and the Sultan
- Seven. The Inquisition
- Taking a Stand
- Eight. Tiberias
- A Dream That Slipped Away
- Nine. Home at Last
- Ten. The Gracia Effect.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9789657023082
- 9657023084
- OCLC:
- 1133278255
- Publisher Number:
- 99985842508
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