Bøger af Steve Weitzenkorn

Brimming with intrigue, SHAKESPEARE'S CONSPIRATOR shatters beliefs about the world's greatest playwright. Did he really write the thirty-seven plays credited to him? ---It's 1587. Shakespeare is struggling to launch his career. Finally he persuades James Burbage, a theater owner, to stage Henry VI. He's the same proprietor who refused to look at Amelia Bassano's comedic script. Infuriated after being blocked at every turn, she reluctantly seals a secret pact with Shakespeare. So begins a fiery relationship that triggers suspicions, plots to expose them, and grave dangers.Craving recognition and ways to break through, Amelia pursues illicit relationships with Elizabethan luminaries while becoming a controversial advocate for women. Scandals and complications follow as her life takes dreadful turns. When Shakespeare pressures her to write a soul-tormenting script, she fears being exposed as a hidden Jew, a felony in Elizabethan England. Undeterred, she embeds hints to her authorship and true identity in Shakespeare's plays. But not everyone is deceived. In this captivating story, the web of secrets and trail of clues reveals a perilous and cloaked Shakespearean world.

Spain 1492: Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand issue the Edict of Expulsion, requiring all Jews to leave Spain or suffer torment and death. Shock waves surge through the Jewish community. Two young people, Mazal and Jaco, are caught in the throes of the horrific Inquisition. Both witnessed their fathers perish. Both are living in fear but trapped in divergent dilemmas. Mazal is a New Christian, a converso, while Jaco is still Jewish when the Edict forces them to make gut-wrenching decisions. Mazal distrusts the Church after seeing Jews convert and then be accused of heresy, tortured, and put to death. Yet she cannot abandon her ailing aunt. Jaco knows he must leave Spain immediately and treks to a southern port in search of escape. They vow to someday reunite and reignite their love. Months pass before they see each other again. Facing grave dangers, they become entangled in a plot against the Grand Inquisitor while attempting to save lives and navigate a route to safety. Their daunting quest to survive tests whether Mazal and Jaco's love, faith, and hope for a future together will endure or shatter in a country in which danger lurks everywhere.