Rashi's Daughters, Book III: Rachel A Novel of Love and the Talmud in Medieval France
Rashi's Daughters, Book III: Rachel A Novel of Love and the Talmud in Medieval France
- ISBN 13:
9780452295681
- ISBN 10:
0452295688
- Edition: Reprint
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 08/04/2009
- Publisher: Plume
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Summary
The dramatic final book in the epic historical trilogy about the lives and loves of the three daughters of the great Talmud scholar Rashi. Rachel is the youngest and most beautiful daughter of medieval Jewish scholar Salomon ben Isaac, or "Rashi." Her father's favorite and adored by her new husband, Eliezer, Rachel's life looks to be one of peaceful scholarship, laughter, and love. But events beyond her control will soon threaten everything she holds dear. Marauders of the First Crusade massacre nearly the entire Jewish population of Germany, and her beloved father suffers a stroke. Eliezer wants their family to move to the safety of Spain, but Rachel is determined to stay in France and help her family save the Troyes yeshiva, the only remnant of the great centers of Jewish learning in Europe. As she did so effectively in Johevedand Miriam, Maggie Anton vividly brings to life the world of eleventh-century France and a remarkable Jewish woman of dignity, passion, and strength.