THE ALHAMBRA DECREE
A Historical Novel about the Expulsion of the Jews from Spain

Winner of the 1992 International Fernando Jeno Literary Award

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"One of history's most dramatic chapters beautifully fictionalized…Raphael writes with deep insight and with great intuition and bridges the 500-year gap as if the reader were there…I recommend this historic novel to every student of Jewish history. But I have to add a warning: Fasten your seatbelt! You are in for an unusually hard ride...""
---Professor Benno Weiser Varon, Boston University

"A welcome contribution to popular Jewish studies…Impressively researched…His imagined accounts are grimly believable…while the factual evidence in 'The Alhambra Decree' is fascinating…
---The New York Times Book Review

"Raphael recreates the Spain of 1492 with a deft hand…This historical novel contains much more research and depth than most, offering a fast-paced plot with historical accuracy…"
---Diane Donovan, Midwest Review

"The ordeal of Spanish Jews in the Middle Ages told in gripping prose…Raphael's book, based on true facts and real characters, has rare merit: it combines thrilling narrative, scholarship, and historical accuracy…The result is a drama that touches the reader…"
---Daniel Santacruz, New York City Tribune

Hardbound, 357 pages ISBN 0-9620772-0-8 First Edition, 1988