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This novel is historical fiction. It's setting is the Spanish Inquisition and Spain's reconquest from the Arabs. Described are Spain's monarchs efforts to create a country of pure blood and one faith (Catholicism). To this end non Christians were expelled and their wealth retained. Spain became an elitist society, self-segregated and closed minded religion. Casiano, a Christian knight and Perla, a Converso Jewess are fictional. They are subjected to the cruelties of self-serving Church and Kings. Perla is arrested for heresy but is rescued from the stake by Casiano. They escape to live in freedom, away from Church and Crown.

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Robert Wagner was born in Vienna, Austria. After World War II he and his family immigrated to a homestead in Canada. He was educated in the Catholic school system and entered a seminary. After a short stay he enrolled in university, obtained a science degree, and eventually became a medical specialist. He and his wife live in Canada and winter in Mexico.

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