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Flight from Toledo

(1996)
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In the city oi Toledo, almost at the centre or Spain, there is anxiety concerning the Inquisition. Fatima, a brilliant student, is aware that the Inquisitors have arrived hut does not realise that there is anything to rear. Little does she know that a servant is spying on her every move. Fatima is imprisoned for subversive activities and when she escapes there is a price on her head!
When it is decreed that one culture will dominate Spain, Jews are lorced to change their iaith or leave the country. Fatima's ilight, together with some Jewish friends, marks the beginning of a dangerous adventure and sad exile From the land of their birth.
Set in the Fifteenth century, the teeming lite ol Spain is vividly realised in this thrilling historical . adventure ieaturing Ferdinand and Isabella and Christopher Columbus . . .


Genre: Young Adult Fiction

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