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Reviewed on October 1, 2017 | Audio
This is a rich literary mystery about two women scholars in London, 350 years apart. In the present, a house renovation reveals a trove of 17th-century Jewish documents. Historian Helen Watt enlists American graduate student Aaron Levy to help her authenticate them and identify the author. The parallel tale is about Esther Velasquez, who was among a colony of Jews who emigrated from Amsterdam to...Log In or Sign Up to Read More