by Lion Feuchtwanger · Editorial Edaf, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788476406427
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«La judía de Toledo» is the historical novel by Lion Feuchtwanger, published by Editorial Edaf in paperback (496 pages, in Spanish).
Set in twelfth-century Castile, it tells of King Alfonso VIII's passion for Raquel, a young Jewish woman of Toledo, and the political and religious tensions it unleashes at court. The forbidden romance clashes with the intolerance of a violent and proud age, leading to a tragic outcome recorded in the chronicles of Alfonso X the Wise.
The work belongs to the Clío. Narrativa Histórica collection (no. 15). Translated from the German by Ana Tortajada; the original title is «Die Jüdin von Toledo».
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and romances set in the Middle Ages, with an interest in the history of Spain and its legendary figures.
Lion Feuchtwanger was a German Jewish novelist and playwright. A prominent figure in the literary world of Weimar Germany, he influenced contemporaries including playwright Bertolt Brecht.
