spain Archives - Theresa Breslin https://www.theresabreslin.com/book-tag/spain/ Carnegie Medal Winning Author Wed, 08 May 2019 13:26:23 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://www.theresabreslin.com/sitefiles/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-siteicon-3-32x32.png spain Archives - Theresa Breslin https://www.theresabreslin.com/book-tag/spain/ 32 32 Prisoner of the Inquisition https://www.theresabreslin.com/books/prisoner-of-the-inquisition/ Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:55:03 +0000 http://www.theresabreslin.co.uk/sitefiles/?post_type=product&p=1080 Prisoner of the Inquisition tells the tale of two teenagers: Zarita, daughter of a wealthy magistrate, and Saulo, son of a beggar, whose fates dovetail as a consequence of a heart-stopping incident. This is a tale of personal revenge, of courage and betrayal, of the power of romantic and familial love, of social inequality and religious intolerance.

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Zarita, only daughter of the town magistrate, lives a life of wealth and privilege. Indulged by her parents, she is free to spend her days as she pleases, enjoying herself in the company of an eligible young nobleman, horse riding, or leisurely studying the arts.

Saulo, son of a family reduced by circumstances to begging, witnesses his father wrongfully arrested and dealt with in the most horrifying way. Hauled off to be a slave at sea and pursued by pirates he encounters the ambitious mariner explorer, Christopher Columbus. Throughout his hardships Saulo is determined to survive – for he has sworn vengeance on the magistrate and his family.

As Zarita’s life also undergoes harsh changes the formidable and frightening Inquisition arrives in the area, bringing menacing shadows of suspicion with acts of cruel brutality – and ultimately, amid the intrigues of the court of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand in the splendid Moorish city of Granada, betrayal and revenge…

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