{"product_id":"fire-and-song-the-story-of-luis-de-carvajal-and-the-mexican-inquisition-anna-lanyon","title":"Fire and Song: the Story of Luis de Carvajal and the Mexican Inquisition - Anna Lanyon","description":"\u003cp data-v-31531800=\"\" class=\"product-keynote\"\u003eTells the story of the Jewish martyr Luis de Carvajal, and his sister, Leonor, who died together in Mexico City in 1596, exploring his determination never to lose heart, no matter what, and to cling to his faith and cultural identity in the face of totalitarian oppression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-31531800=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eIt is 1596 and in Mexico the Inquisition is at its most efficient. A young man trembles in his cell as he prays for salvation, torn between the Christianity he was schooled in and his ancestral faith. What heresies will the Holy Office uncover? Can he protect his mother and sisters?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe is Luis de Carvajal. His forbears had fled the Inquisition in Spain to Portugal and then from there to the New World. But the lives they try to rebuild as \u003ci\u003econversos\u003c\/i\u003e in Mexico are just as perilous, for the Inquisition is determined to root out heretics throughout its realms. Luis's quest for true faith unfolds a tense and moving narrative, as he and his family's spirit and ingenuity are tested again and again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnna Lanyon's \u003ci\u003eMalinche's Conquest\u003c\/i\u003e was awarded and widely translated, and was followed by \u003ci\u003eThe New World of Martin Cortes\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eFire and Song\u003c\/i\u003e also shows her as the historian whose chronicles from contemporary testimonies are so vivid that readers feel witness to the dramatic events and intimate moments of individual lives, woven deftly into the fabric of their times to illuminate the bigger historical picture. \u003ci\u003eFire and Song\u003c\/i\u003e presents a world without the human rights and tolerance we take for granted today; yet the insights remain all too pertinent - into the power of faith, the tangled knot of religious and political interests, and human yearning for identity, belonging and spirituality.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-31531800=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-31531800=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003eAllen \u0026amp; Unwin 2011, paperback\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945218830405,"sku":"274","price":29.9,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/9997\/3445\/files\/fire-and-song-the-story-of-luis-de-carvajal-and-the-mexican-inquisition-anna-lanyon-fireandsong-2120596.jpg?v=1777833968","url":"https:\/\/shop.sydneyjewishmuseum.com.au\/products\/fire-and-song-the-story-of-luis-de-carvajal-and-the-mexican-inquisition-anna-lanyon","provider":"Sydney Jewish Museum Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}