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The woman who defied kings
AndreМЃe Aelion Brooks
Published
2003
by Paragon House, Roundhouse in New York, Northam
.
Written in English
Edition Notes
| Statement | Andrée Aelion Brooks. |
| Genre | Biography. |
| The Physical Object | |
|---|---|
| Pagination | xxiv, 596 p. : |
| Number of Pages | 596 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL22372894M |
| ISBN 10 | 1557788294 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 59357956 |
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The Woman Who Defied Kings. is the first modern, comprehensive biography of Doña Gracia Nasi, an outstanding Jewish international banker during the Renaissance.
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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 /5(33).
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While this purports to be a biography of Dona Gracia Nasi (nee Beatrice de Luna), it is equally—or more—a history of the Jews expelled from Iberia by the Inquisitions of Spain () and /5(29). 4,0 de 5 estrellas review of the woman who defied kings. Revisado en los Estados Unidos el 4 de septiembre de Compra verificada.
although, this book held my interest, I did not get as emotionally invoved as in other books. It was a very factional story. I did learn a lot about the history during that time period/5(29).
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The Woman Who Defied Kings is the first modern, comprehensive biography of Doa 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 Brand: Paragon House Publishers.
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The woman who defied kings: the life and times of Doña Gracia Nasi-- a Jewish leader during the Renaissance. [Andrée Aelion Brooks].
