Here are two new historical novels just published by Mazo Publishers
"Doctor Lopez: Trapped in the Royal Web" by David Lawrence-Young
ISBN-13 : 978-1956381139
Fleeing from the Portuguese Inquisition to England, Roderigo “Ruy”
Lopez, a Jewish doctor, establishes himself in London. He gains a
prestigious post at St. Bart’s Hospital and becomes the personal
physician to Queen Elizabeth I and several aristocrats including the
Earl of Essex.
All goes well until Sir Francis Walsingham, the head of the queen’s
Secret Service, conscripts Lopez to be a spy and engage in espionage. He
now has to follow what Spain, England’s great enemy, is plotting.
Subsequently, the unwary Lopez becomes inadvertently trapped in the
royal web as the political battles between the queen’s important
ministers and the vengeful Essex unfold. Lopez has no way of seeing how
his international ventures will backfire on him, and being Jewish in an
anti-Semitic court does not help.
The author, David Lawrence-Young, has based this novel on real events in
the life of Roderigo Lopez in the 1500s.
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"Ephraim’s Bones" by David de Wolf
ISBN-13 : 978-1956381238
Joseph Lichtman, a young Jewish man from Frankfurt, is determined
to escape the culture of the ghetto, still dominant fifty years after
Napoleon. Dramatically, he not only leaves his family, but also steps
back from his faith.
Reaching Cologne, he successfully climbs the cultural and social
ladder as a journalist. But the higher he gets – losing himself in the
rich life of the enlightened circles of European culture – the more he
experiences his own limitations and ultimately, emptiness. In the end,
his detachment and loose liberal views land him in a Venetian prison.
Joseph’s search for light and spiritual freedom, against the
background of the ongoing enmity against Jews in Europe, eventually
brings him to Palestine. There, he faces the challenges of this new land
with his wife and son in a complex blend of cultures and religions. He
eventually witnesses the courageous, but unsuccessful attempt to start a
new agricultural settlement, Petach Tikva. Joseph endures the harsh
conditions of his new land with emotional consequences. In time, these
experiences lead him to recognize a good greater than his own well-being.
If you would like to see the books in our online examination room,
please send an email to ch...@mazopublishers.com for the link to enter.
Enjoy,
Chaim Mazo
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