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The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon is an international bestseller and an extraordinary novel that transports the reader into the universe of Jewish Kabbalah during the Lisbon massacre of April 1506.
Risking his life in streets seething with mayhem, a young manuscript illuminator, Berekiah Zarco, tracks the killer of his uncle, a renowned Kabbalist, among Christians, New Christians, Jews, and his uncle's fellow kabbalists, whose secret lan- guage and codes at turns light and obscure the way to the truth he seeks. A mar- velous read and a challenging mystery in the tradition of The Name of the Rose, The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon compels and entertains. ISBN:9781585670222
