Jane Frances Amler: 2 books
The Fifth Kingdom
A Novel About the Spanish-Portuguese Jews
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2011
The Fifth Kingdom is an ambitious novel. It is a gripping account of a man and his time. The man was not an ordinary individual, but none other than Don Isaac Abravanel (1437-1508), the iconic Renaissance man of Jewry, diplomat, courtier, scholar, author, visionary, and not least, zealous protector...
Children of the Covenant
A Novel About the Colonial American Jews
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2012
As a young boy in seventeenth-century Portugal, Juan Pereira lived a Christian life with his mother and father, but he often wondered why he was not a choir boy like most of his friends. One fateful night, he discovers the truth: he is of Jewish descent, and his real name is not Juan but Benjamin....