Jayme de Marchena, a good Christian name but with a grandmother whispered to have been a secret Jewess, flees the Inquisition in the Spain of 1492 and signs on with Columbus as he sails from Palos. Through his eyes the novel follows the Admiral’s doubts and stubbornness, the long Atlantic crossing, and the first landfalls and feasts among the islanders.
A historical novel of discovery and expulsion by the author of To Have and to Hold. Download the free EPUB.