In this dazzling work of historical fiction, the Man Booker International-long-listed author of War and Turpentine reconstructs the tragic story of a medieval noblewoman who leaves her home and family for the love of a Jewish boy.
To be together, the couple must flee their city, and Vigdis must renounce her life of privil.
In eleventh-century France, Vigdis Adela s, a young woman from a prosperous Christian family, falls in love with David Todros, a rabbi\'s son and yeshiva student.
In this dazzling work of historical fiction, the Man Booker International-long-listed author of War and Turpentine reconstructs the tragic story of a medieval noblewoman who leaves her home and family for the love of a Jewish boy