Happy 450th Birthday, William Shakespeare!
To Celebrate, The Banished Heart (ebook edition)
Is Just 99 cents
The Banished Heart
A brilliant stew of time, place and insights - Amazon.com
For Paul Hoffmann, a Jewish student at the University of Berlin, life would be sweet if he could write poetry and, of course, graduate. But since the year is 1933, his life is about to take a very different turn — one that leads him back to Elizabethan England, where his idol, William Shakespeare, is having a crisis of his own. Shakespeare’s theatre company expects him to write an anti-Jewish play that will incite the public against Dr. Rodrigo Lopez, a crypto-Jew accused of planning to poison Queen Elizabeth. But there is a problem: Shakespeare knows that Lopez is innocent.
Will Shakespeare remain loyal to the truth and his friends in London’s crypto-Jewish community or sacrifice Dr. Lopez to further his own career? As Shakespeare struggles over his rewrites of the play that will be known as "The Merchant of Venice," questions are raised for Paul Hoffmann, as well: in a world where he can no longer be a German, can he find the courage to rewrite the “script” and be, first and last, a Jew? Read an excerpt.
A brilliant stew of time, place and insights - Amazon.com
For Paul Hoffmann, a Jewish student at the University of Berlin, life would be sweet if he could write poetry and, of course, graduate. But since the year is 1933, his life is about to take a very different turn — one that leads him back to Elizabethan England, where his idol, William Shakespeare, is having a crisis of his own. Shakespeare’s theatre company expects him to write an anti-Jewish play that will incite the public against Dr. Rodrigo Lopez, a crypto-Jew accused of planning to poison Queen Elizabeth. But there is a problem: Shakespeare knows that Lopez is innocent.
Will Shakespeare remain loyal to the truth and his friends in London’s crypto-Jewish community or sacrifice Dr. Lopez to further his own career? As Shakespeare struggles over his rewrites of the play that will be known as "The Merchant of Venice," questions are raised for Paul Hoffmann, as well: in a world where he can no longer be a German, can he find the courage to rewrite the “script” and be, first and last, a Jew? Read an excerpt.
Add Some Inspiration to These Weeks Before Shavuos
The World Is Built With Kindness: 15 Chassidic Tales for Shavuos "The world is built with kindness," King David wrote in Psalm 89. And he should know. He was the great-grandson of Ruth, the Jewish convert who became known as the embodiment of kindness--and whose story we read on the holiday of Shavuos. Like Ruth before them, the Chassidic masters, as well as the leaders of the Mussar (Ethical) movement, turned performing acts of kindness into a fine art. And in these fifteen stories, renowned figures such as Rav Zusya of Hanipoli, the Gerrer Rebbe, and the Chofetz Chaim show us the way to build a world of kindness for ourselves. Available at Amazon.com |
Join Me For Timber Rose's Historical Friends on Facebook
When: Thursday, April 24 at 10-11 pm Israel time (3-4 pm NY, noon- 1 pm California time) Where: Facebook What: I'll be answering questions about my Ezra Melamed Mystery Series and Regency London's Jewish community. There will also be other historical fiction authors scheduled throughout the day, including JL Oakley, Val-Rae Christensen, MM Bennetts, Heidi Thomas, Jane Kirkpatrick, Elisabeth Storrs, and M. Louisa Locke. So do drop by -- this looks to be a fascinating event! |
Murder Most "Fore!" (Murder on the Links)
Do swing over to the next installment of my new blog, Agatha Christie & Her Century, where we'll discover, among other things, the identity of one of literature's most famous golf widows.
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