Jewish Pirates of the Mediterranean: Fact or Fiction
February 27, 2023During the Middle Ages and early Renaissance in Spain, military service was a common occupation for Jews. This may have been due in part to…
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Kirkus Reviews
February 17, 2023The terror and political intrigues of the Spanish Inquisition loom large in Fogle’s debut historical novel set in 15th-century Barcelona. Arriving home after a voyage…
The Historical Novel Society
February 17, 2023The home to which Joachim Déulocresca returns is not the same one that he left. Fear and hate, tinged with greed—all under the guise of…
Publisher’s Weekly, Booklife Reviews
February 17, 2023In her accomplished literary debut, psychotherapist turned novelist Fogle masterfully explores the Spanish Inquisition and the barbaric behavior perpetrated by those ostensibly doing the work…
Mission Impossible Meets the Spanish Inquisition
October 27, 2021Did people really escape from Spain before the Inquisition could arrest them? This is a common question I’m asked when I explain the premise of…
When Cuisine Could Be a Death Sentence
October 17, 2021In 1400s Spain, for anyone baptized Catholic, practicing the tenants of another faith was considered heresy ̶ which was tantamount to murder. Prohibited faiths included…
Aularia’s Salterio
October 16, 2021Music inspires us. Many fiction writers, especially historical fiction find inspiration for stories and characters listening to the music of the era, or soundtracks from…