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WOMAN WHO DEFIED KINGS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DONA GRACIA NASI A JEWISH LEADER DURING THE RENAISSANCE
by BROOKS, ANDRÉE AELION (NASI, DONA GRACIA ABOUT)
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1557788294
- ISBN 13
- 9781557788290
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About This Item
St. Paul, Minn: Paragon House. Very Good. 2003. first edition,2p; 1098765432 pt line. Paperback. 8.9 X 6.0 X 1.7 inches. VERY GOOD CONDITION, clean, solid, bright...; red titles on bright yellow paper cover whowing old portarait of man & woman in very stylish clothes.. BACK COVER HAS 1X1" photo of author. ; 614 pages; 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, Venice, and Ferrara where she was constantly negotiating with kings and emperors for better conditions for her people.... the most important Jewish woman since Biblical times. .
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- Title
- WOMAN WHO DEFIED KINGS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DONA GRACIA NASI A JEWISH LEADER DURING THE RENAISSANCE
- Author
- BROOKS, ANDRÉE AELION (NASI, DONA GRACIA ABOUT)
- Illustrator
- Photo
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition,2p; 1098765432 pt line
- ISBN 10
- 1557788294
- ISBN 13
- 9781557788290
- Publisher
- Paragon House
- Place of Publication
- St. Paul, Minn
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Woman Author, Jewish wOMAN AUTHOR, Renaissance EUROPE, Biography, BANKER BANKING FINANCE, House Of MENDES
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