The Book of Splendor A Novel [Paperback]

Frances Sherwood brings to life the experience of the Jewish community during a period of oppression and rebirth. Set in seventeenth-century Prague,Starred Review. A provocative, gripping novel.Richly textured.This is a book with splendor to spare.There is no end to the superlatives to apply to this mesmerizing novel....A truly remarkable achievement.Frances Sherwood has called to life a remarkable ensemble inA historical novel about the most unlikely of lovers, interwoven with the mysticism of the Jewish occult.