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Start your review of La Gesta del Marrano. Based on true events. Early 17th century Peru - the Inquisition is in full swing and a young Francisco finds his father is secretly a Jew. His father is arrested and the family's assets are absorbed by the Office of the Inquisition to pay for the father's trial, food, torture and other sundries.
Francisco ends up in a monastery, becomes a Catholic and a doctor. Francisco has doubts about what the Church is up to and gets his father to teach him the Jewish faith. In the last half of the book Fran Based on true events. In the last half of the book Francisco is in jail, eventually for 13 years, and confounds the Inquisition by not repenting, not denying and not begging to be saved.
It is this last part which is the highlight of the book covering a series of doctrinal debates between the merits of Judaism and Christianity, the process of the Inquisition, the economics of how greed drove much of the Inquisition Judges. Up to this part the book meandered along with plenty of religious discussions, Francisco's life story and history lessons on Spain, Portugal and the treatment of Jews.
This is the true and moving story of a Jewish family from Portugal whose members flee the Iberian Peninsula after the Spanish Edict of Expulsion is issued in Eventually, Dr. When I visited Lima in Peru a few years ago, I saw in a museum the weapons of torture that were used by the Catholic Church.
I knew about the methods deployed to achieve confessions, but I was not aware that the Church, at the same time as torturing people, seized their worldly possessions and benefitted from them.
Against the Inquisition sets the record straight and it does so with passages of brilliance that convey the historic importance of events. His eldest son is taken away, his wife quietly goes mad and his two daughters are forced into a convent. It falls on his younger son, Francisco, to fight back. And fight back he does, in unexpected fashion. Francisco has not seen his father for many years — anyone accused of being a Jew is taken to Lima — when he himself sets off for Lima, determined to both study medicine and find his father.
In the process, Francisco finds himself. At its core, Against the Inquisition is an eloquently told story about the pain of cultural and religious identity denied. My only issue with this novel is that every female character is depicted as either overwhelmed by life or is somehow written out.
Aug 26, Neil. An interesting but sometimes agonising novel I struggled with with one greatly. The setting was a new one for me historic novels aren't my thing and wasn't a topic I had lot of incumbent interest in. Over the course of the book I learned a many new things about the inquisition, Catholicism and Judaism and am glad of my enlightenment.
The problem for me is that I found the story crawled in the beginning and for much of the middle. The detail made for heavy going, though its hard in hindsight to An interesting but sometimes agonising novel I struggled with with one greatly. The detail made for heavy going, though its hard in hindsight to say that it should have been dropped. It wasn't until around page that I would pick up the book at every opportunity because I wanted to read more.
One thing I did like is that the author brought Francesco to life for me, and I empathised with the character throughout the book. It must have been very difficult to do so while being constrained by the facts of history.
I wouldn't say this is a bad book, but for a lot of it, I just didn't feel compelled to read more by the book itself. For that reason I have it only 3 stars. The detail and the pacing were just too far off for me to give it more. Still, I would recommend it if the topic is of interest. There is no need to make up stories about a dystopian society in a undetermined future. We already have all the stories of oppression, injustice and fights for freedom that we need in our human history.
This book moved me deeply. Maybe your reaction to this book depends on your personal belief, but I did not see it as a personal attack to one dottrine in defence of another. This is what will make you hate and love reading this book, the sense of undeserved injustice and the hopelessness of logical thinking and reasoning with people that just cannot stand the idea of someone thinking differently. This book was for me an ode to freedom of thoughts, and a tribute to those who died and still die fighting for this freedom.
The fact that the main character is Jewish and the torturers Christian is completely irrelevant. Basically, this book brings together my two favourite genres, historical fiction and dystopian novels, and I highly recommend it if you like either of these two genres. View all 4 comments. He is one of thousands condemned because of his Jewish blood. What sets him apart is his steadfast conviction, superior knowledge of Christian and Jewish scripture, and courageous refusal to bend to the Inquisitions order to repent.
Francisco Maldonado da Silva was imprisoned for 12 years and burnt alive January 23rd, I am thankful that Against the Inquisition has been translated into English. It is a beautiful and tragic story that should be experienced by all. It took a while to finish it. This is not light reading. Against the Inquisition is better than superb, it is exceptional. I implore you to take the time to read this novel.
You will not regret it. View 1 comment. I loved this book. I took off one star because it is soooo long! If it weren't so long I would immediate read it again in it's original Spanish version. I feel that this is a religious version , but with a better ending. Horrific and powerful. Am Israel Chai! Colossal Moving and compellingly good.
A must read book that throws light on bravery and faith. A true journey. Thank you Marcos. The novel is set in South America in the early s, when the Inquisition was in force across various countries ruled by Spain, routing out heretics and Jews.
The central character of the novel, Francisco, is brought up a devout Catholic, but learns as a child that his father is a Jew. The novel is two halves of the story - starting with Francisco as a man being interrogated as part of the Inquisition investigation, we follow the development of the beatings and attempts to get him to confess to his sins.
It is interesting, well told and - I assume - historically well researched. Jews who did not abandon their faith had to worship in absolute secrecy while acting like "good Catholics" in day to day life.
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Maldonado was imprisoned by the Holy Inquisition , tried, and condemned for heresy. The book has been published by Amazon Publishing in English language for worldwide distribution under the title "Against the Inquisition". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Spanish.
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