Buy this book on-line Sherwood, Frances : The Book of SplendorW. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2002 ISBN 0393021386
Rochel, an illegitimate seamstress, escapes the travails of poverty through an arranged marriage to the tailor Zev, but finds herself falling in love with Yossel, the Golem created by Rabbi Loew to the protect the Jewish community of seventeenth-century Prague. "The Book of Splendor" is an unusual historical novel about the most unlikely of lovers, interwoven with the mysticism of the Jewish occult. She brings to life the experience of Prague's Jewish community during a period of oppression and rebirth, and the sparkling riches and culture of imperial life.". Book. Book Condition: New. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: New Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Sherwood, Frances : The Book of Splendor. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including fine bindings, out of print books, incunabula, livres rares and rare books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |